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Because 9000 people living in the nine coral atolls that comprise the tiny nation of Tuvalu entered the new millenium by deciding to sell off the entirety of its allocated domains under .tv to a California-based company called Idealab, who founded their startup, dotTV to profit from the exploitation of .tv domains.

Tuvalu retains a 20% share in dotTV, which contributes significantly to their GDP in addition to their other chief exports: stamps, copra, fish products, and phone sex.

Sometimes, ya just gotta wonder.

02-23-2005, 05:26 PM	· #71
smadison NamePros Member Trader Rating: (0) Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 50 NP$: 97.00 (Donate)	Because 9000 people living in the nine coral atolls that comprise the tiny nation of Tuvalu entered the new millenium by deciding to sell off the entirety of its allocated domains under .tv to a California-based company called Idealab, who founded their startup, dotTV to profit from the exploitation of .tv domains. Tuvalu retains a 20% share in dotTV, which contributes significantly to their GDP in addition to their other chief exports: stamps, copra, fish products, and phone sex. Sometimes, ya just gotta wonder. Please register or log-in into NamePros to hide ads