That makes me wonder. What happens if ICANN suddenly decides to release one
of the TLDs you have already sold registrations for? They wouldn't have to
grant the TLD's to new.net would they? I may not understand the process by
which ICANN does this (as I think many people don't), but it seems like they
could grant rights to that TLD to a different registrar which means that the
same names could be sold twice and, depending on what ISP you're connected
to, resolve to completely different sites. Is this true? Or does the
application process guaranty that new.net will get these TLDs if they are
issued?
- Matt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Greenwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Guennadi Moukine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: New TLDs working already?
> On Thu, 10 May 2001, Guennadi Moukine wrote:
>
> > What is the deal with www.new.net - already registering new domain names
> > with .chat, .mp3, .family extentions? - will we be able to join in? Are
we
> > missing something?
>
> Hi Guennadi,
>
> New.net has taken a different approach to the lack of new Top Level
> Domains. Rather than wait for an indeterminable amount of time for ICANN,
> a highly politicized, quasi-governmental body to release new names, we
> have decided to offer a market-based solution to the issue. We are
> partnering with major ISPs(current list includes Earthlink, Netzero,
> Excite@Home, Juno, and another major one which will be announced today or
> Monday), to carry the names we have released. In addition, we have a
> Windows client which allows users who are not on an enabled ISP to see the
> names. We have partnered with a number of companies who are bundling our
> plug-in with their downloads, Bearshare and Gozilla to name a couple.
>
> The TLDs are *not* globally resolvable, which we are very clear about.
> (see the bottom of virtually every page on our site) however we are
> quickly gaining adoption. Within the next week, more people will be able
> to see our names than there are AOL users, which is a major
> milestone, and we're not stopping there.... :-)
>
> If anyone has any questions about New.net and/or what we are doing, please
> feel free to contact me.
>
> Patrick Greenwell
> Dir of Technology
> New.net
>
>
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