Umm, I think you missed a zero somewhere... ;-) Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Bramble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 2:54 PM 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... > > 270,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 ,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 ,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 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.
