At 03:00 PM 3/21/99 +0000, you wrote:
I'm leaving the rest of your post intact for a second reading for all,
and responding only to your last, to which I say "You got that right!"
Bill Lovell
>> >>"So, come to Network Solutions to Register the Web Address you need...
>> >> we're the dot com people� and we've put more .com, .net and .org
>> >> Web Addresses into service than every other Internet company combined."
>
>Yes it's annoying that they crow about their monopoly.
>
>The rest of the site is no better
>
>>> Get a Web Address - dot com web address
>>>
>>> Enhance your presence on the Net with a personalized Web Address
>>> of your choosing.
>
>Continues the hype that 2nd/3rd/nth level domains are not so good.
>
>>> You can claim your piece of the Internet action by creating an
>>> online identity that can enhance your company name, increase
>>> your brand equity
>
>Reinforces brand = DN = TM
>
>>> And with .com, .net and .org, you can triple your presence for
>>> less than the cost of a cup of coffee only 51 cents a day to
>>> reserve your address with all 3 domains.
>
>So the masses get told jsut one isn't enough, you need 3. Obviously
>this increases the pressure if it's made a third as small space as it
>could be
>
>>> Extend your reach with our dot com forwarding service
>>>
>>> Now you can expand your reach on the fastest growing playing
>>> field in the world and still maintain a single storefront with
>>> dot com forwarding.
>>>
>>> Reserve as many .com, .net and .org Web Addresses as you need to
>>> cover variations of your company name, product lines or brands
>
>Encouraging people to chew up as many names as possible
>
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>>>
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>>> Solutions, our international Web Address registration service.
>>>
>>> Today many businesses must think globally about all of their
>>> potential sales channels. These companies are acting to preserve
>>> their valuable product, brand or company name with
>>> country-specific Web Addresses, because in a global market you
>>> may not only need a .com, .net, and .org but also a .uk (United
>>> Kingdom), .jp (Japan), and .de (Germany)....
>>>
>>> Today in more than 80 countries, Web Address registration is an
>>> unrestricted market and regaining the rights to a name
>>> registered by a competitor can be costly. Why risk it? idNames
>>> from Network Solutions can help you preserve your brand's
>>> integrity with international Web Addresses worldwide.
>
>And FUD them into doing it in every TLD possible.
>
>If this is the norm extra TLD's just mean more money for registrars not
>more space for people to share. A conclusion is to not bother
>with all this argument over a few extra TLDs but to abolish the
>hierarchy (as it'll just end up as multiple copies of .com) and just
>let everyone register in the root.
>
>It sounds like a more radical plan than ICANN/NSI/WIPO is needed
>
>brandon
