On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, J. Scott Schiller wrote:
> Hello All-
>
> I received this from my father who lives (obviously) in Mississippi-
> thought you might appreciate knowing that ccTLD's seem to be developing
> an entirely new arena (.md, .tv, now what? )
>
> Dixie-Net is a smallish ISP near my families hometown of Oxford MS.
I bet they are "very excited" about this "product". Will people really buy
this? At $24 a year? There are plenty of companies that give you your own
domain (a .com not one from some island in the Pacific) with redirection
for less, including OpenSRS resellers. I think I know one who does it for
$14.95, last time I looked at their site.
And what exactly does Dixie-Net do for the money, except add a name to
virtusertable? Can't think of anything else.
And what if someone switches ISP? Bye-bye email address, even though they
say it works nationwide. Yeah, the domain will. But when you leave them it
won't work for you anymore. I assume.
Great opportunity for OpenSRS resellers who do redirection... Get
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 11:49 AM
> Subject: Check this out !!
>
>
> > Greetings:
> >
> > Dixie-Net continues to grow and to add new features. The latest addition
> to our growing family of products is a new set of domains (similar in
> concept to the ".com" domains). These domains are Mississippi-specific. In
> other words, instead of ending in ".com", then end in ".ms"!
> >
> > We're very excited about this product, and our ability to offer this to
> our customers. Here is a copy of our Press Release:
> >
> > ==================================================
> >
> > DIXIE-NET NEWS RELEASE-September 12, 2000
> >
> > Dixie-Net Communications recently entered into an agreement with AOKmail,
> LLC, to obtain the rights to all of the 130 Mississippi city names with .MS
> domains. Dixie-Net is proud to be the sole provider for someone to have
> his/her name, city, and state in all their email addresses. For example,
> someone could have [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] or
> [EMAIL PROTECTED], etc.
> >
> > To welcome this new concept for e-mail addresses, Dixie-Net is offering
> each of our customers 3 months free access to the new .MS addresses. Two
> .MS addresses will cost each subscriber an additional $2.00 per month. Each
> subscriber will be given an additional 2 (two) e-mail addresses and either
> or both can be .MS addresses. At the end of the free 3 months, if you
> choose to subscribe, your bill will automatically reflect a $2.00 increase.
> The acceptance period will begin on September the 25th and billing will
> commence on December the 25th. You must call and request the .MS addresses
> before you can receive the benefits. Remember, only those that authorize
> Dixie-Net to give them access to .MS addresses will be billed after December
> 25th. Don't wait or put off getting your .MS address. Someone else could
> get your unique address before you if you don't act quickly. Use your
> imagination.
> >
> > Remember, the .MS addresses and/or domains are accepted worldwide with all
> the rights and privileges of ".COM", ".NET", and ".ORG". ".MS" works with
> all local and nationwide Internet Service Providers. Mississippians are now
> afforded the opportunity to have fantastic, personalized email addresses.
> >
> > For additional opportunities you can check out our home page and click on
> to hometown.MS for further options. Dixie-Net is proud to be able to offer
> our customers this new and exciting addition to our portfolio. Keep looking
> for more additions in the near future as we continue to grow and expand our
> services throughout the state of Mississippi.
> >
> >
> > This is a BRAND-NEW set of domains, and right now, ALL are available.
> Give us a call, or email us, or simply check our home page for the
> Hometown.MS banner.
> >
> > As always, we're glad to have you as a Dixie-Net customer!
> >
> > Sysops
> >
>
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