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Re: [ga] ".tel" proposed gTLD, and the like
Harald,
using simular logic how do you feel about .GEO or .DIR?
.GEO would never have registrations beloning to another entity, and you
couldn't transfer registrations. Users would *never* type in a .GEO SLD.
.DIR A parallel to .COM?
-rick
On Sat, 4 Nov 2000, Harald Alvestrand wrote:
> At 22:27 04/11/2000 +0100, Jefsey Morfin wrote:
> >I wander about the proposed gTLD ".tel" (there might be others,
> >now or in the future in the same case). IMHO such propositions
> >concerning a telecom or an internet service should be prevented
> >from being allocated a TLD (and the DNSO should warn the BoD
> >against such an error)
>
> There are 3 different applications for .tel - pulver, number.tel and telnic.
>
> pulver basically replicates e164.arpa under the root, but wants to keep
> ownership of all numbers "to promote competition for number-related services".
> It already has an operational structure under e164.com, btw.
>
> number.tel wants a flat namespace under .tel, and should be rejected for
> operational preposterousness.
>
> the telnic proposal seems to be for an open TLD.
>
> So I think you are only criticizing the pulver proposal?
>
> My personal comment is that I'd like to propose to ICANN that no
> application for a purpose that can easily be fulfilled using a subdomain of
> an existing domain be accepted - but that could easily be taken to reject
> ALL proposals, and that argument was lost long ago.....
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