Thank you for this oportunity to your RFC on new TLD's. There are several
issues that I would like to point out.
First, on the subject of the .xxx TLD. The comments that I have read about
the objection to the .xxx domain because it would be a form of censorship
are faulty. You are not forcing site that have pornographic materials into
this category, but giving them an oportunity to expand services into the
new TLD. I would personally welcome the new TLD as a cyber-cafe owner,
because it would make my monitoring of minors significantly easier. But as
an internet content provider, my customers would be very interested in
expanding adult services into the .xxx TLD. Please note that I am not in
favor of making it MANDATORY for any site to belong to the .xxx TLD.
I would also like to state my objection to any TLD that would exceed more
then three characters (.info, .store, .bank, etc.) This due to the fact
that registered domain names can already be quite large, adding more
characters on to that will result in difficulty in copying, typing and
executing these domains. This is more of an asthetic problem rather then a
technical one, and it is just a personal preference.
I would also like to suggest a few more TDL's.
.med The .med TLD would be reserved for web sites that contain General
Medical Information, Hospital, Emergency Services, and sites with specific
non-pornographic sex related information (STDs, AIDS, Condoms, etc).
.gay Is for sites that have specific information relating to the homosexual
lifestyle. Gay health information on HIV, AIDS, etc. There is a high
demand for a TLD that relates specifically to the homosexual community.
.bus This TLD would replace the suggested .firm TLD. This is just for that
there are many businesses that would not be considered a "firm" resulting
in a disqualification from that TLD. The .bus TLD would compliment the
current .com domain. This suggestion is NOT related to the currect
suggestion that this TLD be associated with any telephone number suggested
by Ed Tsunoda (ed@the6thwave.com). An acceptable alternative would be the
.biz alternative suggested by Jeffrey A. Cleary (jeffreyalan@earthlink.net).
.isp Internet Service Providers. This would be for companies that solely
provide dial-in Internet access. This would alleviate some congestion in
the .com and .net TLDs. There also needs to be some discussion in the
re-organization of the .net TLD.
.per I believe that Peru already has a 2 letter TLD. I see no reason why
the new .per TLD cannot be implimented. Time and again popular support has
gone against the proposed .nom TLD.
.art This would replace the currently proposed .arts TLD
.inf This would replace the currently proposed .info TLD
I would like to ask that greater information on the registration of the
.web TLD. The current information "for entities emphasizing activities
related to the World Wide Web" is too broad. I would like to see that
defined a little more clearly.
I would also like to propose greater limitations on the amount of domain
names that are registered (1 per week). This would deter people from
registering large amounts of domain names and "storing" them for future use.
Finally, I would like to strongly urge this body to be extremely careful
with adding too many more TLDs. More then 10 could create confusion to the
every day internet user. With the addition of another 10 TLDs would give
us enough room to effectively operate for many, many years to come.
Further questions or comments may be addresses directly to me via
electronic mail.
Robert Griffor - sysadmin@parkside.net
Senior System Administrator - Parkside Internet and Cyber-Cafe
Internet Consultant - Paradisde Communications, Ltd.
U.S. Mail: 909 W. Genesee Street - Lapeer, MI 48446
Phone: +1 (810) 667-1512 Fax: +1 (810) 667-1521
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