On Mon, Nov 10, 2008, James Koole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had a hunch that .TEL was going to produce some interesting discussion > - I'd love to hear what some other resellers think as well. I've read > articles that suggest .TEL is going to be a flop, and articles praising > .TEL as the next big thing. > > As for your specific comments, I believe point 2 refers to the fact that > the information for each .tel domain is not stored in a traditional HTML > page or on a traditional webserver. Obviously, yes, they'll need to > provide an HTML page for the browser to display, but the data in that > page is generated on the fly directly from the metadata stored in DNS > which is instantly updatable by the domain owner. So, yes, I'd agree with > you that they aren't exactly describing what happens to create the .TEL > page when requested. > > As for the novelty of .TEL, you are quite right to suggest that there is > nothing stopping a company from duplicating the kind of information > stored as a .tel and providing it as part of their regular website. > > On the other hand, if .TEL catches on, and becomes part of the way > people think about contact information, then having a .TEL becomes > fairly important. Combine a location-aware device like a Blackberry or > iPhone and a massive, global contact directory that can provide you with > not only the contact information for a bookstore anywhere in the world, > but also the contact information for the bookstore that is closest to you > *at that moment*, and you hove a very valuable tool in your hand. > > If .TEL reaches that tipping point where the average person thinks about > <companyname>.tel first when trying to get in touch with that company, > then .TEL has the potential to be quite disruptive. I'd be willing to bet > that a lot of companies won't be willing to take the chance that it won't > become something big and will jump on board with .TEL from day one.
You mean the same way consumers think of .INFO, .BIZ or .MOBI (which is to same not at all)? The .TEL TLD provides no extra value to anybody. Everything it does can be done with existing domain names in other TLDs while having the added benefit of not confusing people. Just release an RFC describing the records in DNS that are being used and then add them to the zone for their existing domain names. Why would anyone get a .TEL domain except for that they feel they need to lockup their name in yet another TLD? Speaking of new gTLDs, will .JOBS ever be offered? If the only reason to purchase a new domain in a new TLD is get people to protect their names, it would be nice to be able to offer them all to our customers. It sucks to have customers feel like they need to protect their name in all TLDs and we can provide that service to them. JE _______________________________________________ domains-gen mailing list [email protected] http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen
