Plan Ahead - Think Big !

[Dan Singer <magnet@ao.net>]

1) Don't confine the new system to 7 gTLDs of  3-5 characters each. 
 Understand that hundreds of millions (maybe even billions) of people and 
business will want Domain Names in the coming years.  Open up "all" gTLDs, 
and the trademark issue goes away.

2) Open up all gTLDs not just with 3-5 characters, but with 30 characters 
before the "dot" and 20 after the dot!  It might sound like a free for all 
(like the American Wild Wild West), and it is.  Don't think small ... THINK 
BIG !

Want an example of not thinking big?  The telephone area code fiasco that 
we are experiencing in America.  It seems that area codes change monthly.

3) At the rate of recent acceleration of Domain Name Registrations, three 
new gTLDs will last only a couple of years (at best).  Let's design a 
system for the next 100 years without having to expand it every 2 years 
with new gTLDs.

4) How do the trademark problems go away?  Two examples:

the pabst.com conflict (Pabst Advertising vs. Pabst Beer)
could be resolved as follows
pabst.advertising
pabst.beer

imaginary conflict over disney.com (Disney Corporation vs. Don Disney)
could be resolved as follows
disney.don
disney.corporation

"Who is" searches would actually be quite effective if the following rules 
were applied.
First name of corporation before the "dot"
Last name (Family Name) of person before the "dot"

What if there were two companies from different countries that had 
Trademarked the same name of Sun.  Then, first come, first serve.  The 
second one gets a numerical rank behind it.  (AOL style)
sun.corporation
sun.corporation2

Either keep everything lower case ... or have upper case requests convert 
to lower case so that all are the standardized.

5) A "free for all" would virtually eliminate the name speculators from the 
game (unless they are wanted to generate unearned revenue).  How, there are 
simply too many  possibilies to speculate on.

Plan Ahead - Think Big !

Thank You,

Dan Singer
Businessman
Maitland, Florida USA
magnet@ao.net
407-647-5555