Re: Comments on Higgs

[Simon Higgs <simon@higgs.com>]

At 8:39 PM -0800 11/26/96, Michael Dillon wrote:

> > Plus, based upon public consumption of .COM @ $100 vs. .US for free,
> > any solution solely at the third level has already proven itself to be
> > ineffective (read useless).
>
> I don't think so. This only proves that people do not want something for
> nothing. In countries like the UK people have paid HIGHER fees than
> the Internic charges in order to secure a 3rd level domain name. This
> demonstrates that when properly marketed and promoted a 3rd level domain
> name is just as desirable (if not more so) than a second level name.
>

Earth to Michael... reality check... as if there was a choice to have a
second level domain under .UK...

Pop quiz...

1. How many UK-based domains are there under .UK?
2. How many UK-based domains are there under .COM/.NET/.ORG?

Come to think of it, pretty much all the other Brits I know use iTLDs over .UK.


Simon

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