i have no idea why we keep up the pretense of calling them cctlds
anymore. sure - its a historical thing, and that was their original
intent - to be country code tlds. but the reality is that cctlds are
increasingly being used to designate a short hand form of a word.
.la - los angels
.ca - california
.bx - box
.tm - trademark
.fm - fm radio
.am - am radio
.tv - television (but they did not do well selling that and now it's new
media)
and so on and so forth etc. the reality is that as cctlds most of them
are crap. and the registrys are doing their best to add value. the .fm
idea was going to make them lots of money - it didn't, same for the .am
tld, same for .tv - which has a major investment in legal gurantees and
is now being saved by nsi.
but you do have a point todd. the gac (government advisory committee) at
icann is trying to put the cctlds under the direct control of their
respective governments. if they actually manage to do this and the
government changes the registries mandate the net result could be alot of
domain holders loosing their domains to meet local government policy.
of course the cctld concept could all be history soon anyway - if icann
fails to respond appropriately to the cctld community - the may use the
nuclear option (icann's greatest fear) and pull the trigger and leave the
usg root.
regards
joe
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Todd @ Merchant-Solution.com wrote:
> Their exact words and I quote"
>
> "The new domain is designated ".LA" and it is expected that
> hundreds of thousands of companies and individuals will register
> a ".LA" name as the new registry will be heavily promoted
> throughout the Los Angles area and across the nation."
>
> Seems like they are trying to scam people with a country TLD and
> not the city of Los Angles.
>
> Why does this not surprise me. There are so many lies on the net
> it is really sickening.
>
> Please include the body of this email in any replies.
>
> Sincerely,
> Todd Sumrall
> Authorize.net & Miva Partner
> http://Merchant-Solution.com
> http://Canada-Merchant-Accounts.com
> Providing merchant accounts and web hosting for both Americans
> and Canadians
> Free Domain Names & Free Miva Shopping Carts.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Swerve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Todd @ Merchant-Solution.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 9:12 PM
> Subject: Re: dot LA
>
>
> > it's a country code tld. Lao People's Democratic Republic
> >
> > swerve
> >
> > > From: "Todd @ Merchant-Solution.com"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 18:40:15 -0600
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Subject: dot LA
> > >
> > > Got a piece of snail mail today from BulkRegister.com
> encouraging
> > > me to pre register my .LA domain name today. Says the
> registry
> > > will begin 1/2001. Says go to www.bulkregister.LA to
> register.
> > > $200 per yr.
> > >
> > > As far as I know Icann isn't even considering .LA. Anybody
> know
> > > anything about this?
> > >
> > >
> > > Please include the body of this email in any replies.
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > > Todd Sumrall
> > > Authorize.net & Miva Partner
> > > http://Merchant-Solution.com
> > > http://Canada-Merchant-Accounts.com
> > > Providing merchant accounts and web hosting for both
> Americans
> > > and Canadians
> > > Free Domain Names & Free Miva Shopping Carts.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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