new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play

Hank Nussbacher hank at att.net.il
Tue Mar 6 07:13:31 UTC 2001


At 22:59 05/03/01 -0800, Paul A Vixie wrote:

Yet another money hungry company looking to Balkanize the Internet.  I 
guess they figure if Verisign can do it via their national language domain 
suffixes, why not us too!?

-Hank


>[ this came from http://www.new.net/about_us_press.tp and appears not to be
>   a joke.  its operational impact will not be felt today, but if it's even
>   moderately popular before it dies, operational impact WILL be felt.  i'm
>   quite surprised by some of the folks they list as their partners.  --vix ]
>
>   Contact:
>   Claudia de Llano or Lisa Doiron
>   Connors Communications
>   (310) 452-7540
>   claudia at connors.com or lisa at connors.com
>
>                                                   Brad Copeland
>                                                   New.net, Inc.
>                                                   626-229-7800
>                                                   pr at new.net
>
>   New.net Expands Internet Naming With Launch of 20 New Top-Level Domain 
> Names
>
>          New Domain Name Registry's Technology Uses Existing Internet
>        Naming System to Make Available Sensible, Meaningful Web Addresses
>
>Pasadena, Calif. - March 5, 2001 - New.net (http://www.new.net), a domain
>name registry created to meet the market demand for Web addresses with
>logical, easy-to-remember extensions that make Internet navigation easier,
>today officially released its first 20 new top-level domains. New.net has
>developed a novel, proprietary approach, using software technology deployed
>at either the network level by partner ISPs or on individual PCs, that uses
>the existing Internet naming system to enable millions of users to gain
>access to these new addresses.
>
>With this launch, the Internet community will be able to purchase and use
>domain names with extensions ("top-level domains") that were previously
>unavailable. Each of the new top-level domains was chosen to enable
>organizations and individuals to create Web addresses that more clearly
>describe their product, service offering, group activity or passion. The
>first 20 top-level domains being released are:
>
>              .CHAT      .GMBH       .LTD        .SPORT
>              .CLUB      .HOLA       .MED        .TECH
>              .FAMILY    .INC        .MP3        .TRAVEL
>              .FREE      .KIDS       .SHOP       .VIDEO
>              .GAME      .LAW        .SOC        .XXX
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