So they don't have to pay for all registrations? I don't understand this.
Todd Holt Xidix Technologies, Inc Las Vegas, NV USA www.xidix.com 702.319.4349 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:Declude.JunkMail- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Bramble > Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 2:54 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Happy days are here again... > > Todd Holt wrote: > > >IMHO, ICANN should send a bill to VeriSlime for the registration of all > >combinations which could be caught by the wildcard. Does anyone know > >the maximum length of a domain name, how many different characters can > >be used in a domain name (a-z,A-Z,0-9,_,-,...), how many .com and .net > >domain names are currently registered and how much VeriSlime pays for > >each domain registration? > > > > I believe that since something like 256 characters are now allowed in > domain names, 64 different standard characters allowed, and since there > are around 40 million .com and .net addresses currently registered, that > would equate to (2 x 64^256) - 40,000,000, or approximately... > > 270,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 00 > 0,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,00 0, > 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 00 > 0,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,00 0, > 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 00 > 0,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,00 0, > 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 00 > 0,000,000,000,000,000,,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,0 00 > ,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 ,0 > 00,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 > > This doesn't include the high-bit characters though :) > > BTW, payments to ICANN are only proportional to total registrations, and > totals less than $3 million a year across 100% of registrations. So in > effect, this would cost them little extra if they were to be charged. > > Matt > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > (http://www.declude.com)] > > --- > This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found > at http://www.mail-archive.com. > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > (http://www.declude.com)] --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
