At 8/5/01 5:38 PM, Patrick Greenwell wrote:
>I belive I've said this before in this forum, but just in case:
>At the bottom nearly every page of the New.net site there is an
>informational message which explains that names are accessible through
>partner ISPs and to those who activate their browser.
Well, if you're allowed to repeat things you've said before, I guess it's
my turn:
If you really wanted people to know the truth about new.net, you'd
mention not just how many people CAN resolve the names, but also how many
people
CAN'T. Since most people have no idea how many people are connected to
the Internet, your "disclosure" number is completely useless.
For those on this list that aren't sure, there are approximately 450
million people connected to the Internet worldwide. That means a New.net
domain works for about 12% of them.
Again, I challenge you to put that number on your Web site. Last time
this came up, you publicly replied that your company would "look into"
it. Are you still doing so?
You also acknowledged that your domains had limitations, but suggested
that they were okay for someone who only needed a few friends to access
his site and didn't care about whether the wider Internet population
could always access them.
The funny thing about that is that on your site, you're encouraging
customers to register domains like (this is from your homepage)
"www.SamsBook.shop". Do you think that the hypothetical Sam falls into
the category of someone who only needs a few friends to access his site
and doesn't care about the general Internet population?
>We're not burying it in a user agreement which few people ever read, and
>while I'm certain that there are those that would settle for nothing less
>than
>100 point flashing red type at the top of every page as constituting
>"adequate
>disclosure" we are very comfortable that people who register names at New.net
>know what they are getting.
Just shows how much moral standards differ: I'd feel I was ripping off
innocent consumers with a scam based on misleading advertising, and I'd
have trouble sleeping at night. Glad to hear you're feeling okay about it.
Aside from the fact that a consumer is likely to be disappointed with
what you're selling, your company's stated goal would destroy the
foundations of a stable Internet (interested parties can read the
archives for previous posts by me on this subject).
Again, I'll say to all OpenSRS resellers: it is important to communicate
to customers that New.net is NOT an equivalent product to what OpenSRS
resellers offer. If a customer asks, be sure to explain the difference:
our domain names work for 100% of Internet users; theirs work for 12%
worldwide, and not even for half the Internet users in the US. If people
start thinking they're equivalent, New.net's marketing will have
succeeded in deceiving our customers in the worst possible way.
--
Robert L Mathews, Tiger Technologies
