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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: what problem are we solving? (was Re: ICANN opens up Pandora'sBox of new TLDs)
> that's exactly my point! it's _not_ reliable, but it's the behavior > that the average user has come to expect. If we can't even guarantee > reliability with the small handful of TLDs currently in use, when we > start introducing arbitrary new ones to anybody that can pay, I'm > concerned that it's going to make user support even more of a headache > (for those of us unfortunate enough to be involved in that role, > professionally or personally :)) > -- > [email protected]{gmail.com,darkuncle.net} || 0x5537F527 > http://darkuncle.net/pubkey.asc for public key It's amusing to see companies actually profit from this behavior. The poker gambling sites know they can't advertise on TV as a gambling site, so everyone of their ads mention *.net which is their play for free site. They know that a major of people will instead go to their *.com website which isn't a free site.
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