Ring, Ring - It's .TEL Calling

[renec]

ICANN just announced the addition of .tel to the DNS root zone, making it the 15th top level domain under contract with ICANN on the Internet.

.tel isn't a domain in the traditional sense. It will not be competing with .mobi, which was introduced last year and is all about "making the Internet mobile".

Instead, .tel plans to become a cutting edge, decentralized, globally accessible and privacy-enhanced contact directory.

http://www.dailydomainer.com/200744-ring-ring-its-tel-calling.html

 

[abdussamad]

.LOL

I want one!

 

[loscocco]

i vote for

.NP​

this way our "small" community of 51k people has their own domain.

.NP Nepal http://www.mos.com.np/

 

[fonzie_007]

A load of domainers will register the names, and barely anyone else.

Spot on.

 

[tricolorro]

Would like to know this

- Any idea about the pre-registrations ?

- The price for registration.

:hi:

Although it doesn't address the pricing issue you can read a nice article
on .Tel here:

http://www.dailydomainer.com/

You'll see it will be on a "first come, first serve" basis like regular domain reg.

Patrick

 

[lpstong]

ICANN.getyour$$$ goes well with the .LOL extension

 

[keesj]

I don't understand the people comparing this new extension to .mobi If you read the article you know .tel is meant as a way to identify a person which has a whole protocol behind it too.. and .mobi is for phone-compatible websites. Two completely different things.

Although I have to agree I don't really see the added value of a .tel just like I don't see the added value of .mobi In my opinion creating all those extra TLDs just adds confusion. Instead, let your website send a phone-compatible version to phones, this can be done with today's techniques.
And for the .tel, it reminds me of openid. And why would we need another TLD for this purpose? A .com should be sufficient with today techniques.

Also, does anybody know more about this protocol? Is it open-source? Is it something easy to implement? I hope it doesn't rely on the .tel extension because your openid could also be a great way to identify yourself.

 

[acronym007]

What kills me is this, behind all tld's is the same technology. It's almost as if someone does not understand this and they keep creating tld's to meet demand but it's all the same technology, can't a .com do the same thing a .mobi does? It's all puzzling to me. Same web servers, same code, same security, etc... I guess ICANN will keep creating tld's until it's not bored any longer. LOL. Cheers,

Acro

 

[VURG]

So I think it is Sunrise at the end of the year and landrush at the start of next year.

Personally, .tel sounds more practical to me than .mobi. I'm interested.

 

[Mike]

So I think it is Sunrise at the end of the year and landrush at the start of next year.

Personally, .tel sounds more practical to me than .mobi. I'm interested.

i agree. for a mobile device, i rather type 3 letters than 4 as TLD. Even though its just one letter, over time it does make a difference.

I don't understand the people comparing this new extension to .mobi If you read the article you know .tel is meant as a way to identify a person which has a whole protocol behind it too.. and .mobi is for phone-compatible websites. Two completely different things.

Although I have to agree I don't really see the added value of a .tel just like I don't see the added value of .mobi In my opinion creating all those extra TLDs just adds confusion. Instead, let your website send a phone-compatible version to phones, this can be done with today's techniques.
And for the .tel, it reminds me of openid. And why would we need another TLD for this purpose? A .com should be sufficient with today techniques.

Also, does anybody know more about this protocol? Is it open-source? Is it something easy to implement? I hope it doesn't rely on the .tel extension because your openid could also be a great way to identify yourself.

Absolutely correct! With today's technical methods the server knows the OS of the incoming query before releasing content, which makes wap pages something very useful.

As my age old example goes. eBay owns their .mobi extension, yet its unused. However, at the same time there is a wap.ebay.com..... it's all about ROI which makes .mobi not useful. Too much advertising, development and positioning would have to be sunk into this TLD to generate adequate return for a company. It's easier and cheaper to detect the browser and deliver the correct format back to the device.
Ultimately, between the .mobi and the .tel, this makes the .tel the more interesting TLD since it's not branded to be for mobile use.

 

[thaiboy]

Any extension make $$$. It's depend on the name.

 

[erwin.groen]

Hmmm just finished reading an article regarding .tel release. Then going to namepros to get some more insight into this tld,

.mobi and now .tel, it's all very confusing to people who dont understand what each tld does, or stands for!, in time, people could be putt off with all these types of tld releases!. Hurting the cause IMO, a bad decision made by ICANN.

Have one domain ext, not both!

 

[goodkarmaco]

I will tell you one hurdle I see with the .tel. People will not like that it is spelled as only one L. I can hear them now, don't forget to type in tel with only one L. Or over the phone to a customer, "its one letter L. Sure I know even telephone has only one L, but consumers are going be making that mistake until the cows come home.

At least with mobi, there is no doubt what the spelling is.

Not saying I don't like the ext, and I am probably making a big deal about it, maybe it will not be a problem, but something to think about anyway.

 

[nrmillions]

I will tell you one hurdle I see with the .tel. People will not like that it is spelled as only one L. I can hear them now, don't forget to type in tel with only one L. Or over the phone to a customer, "its one letter L. Sure I know even telephone has only one L, but consumers are going be making that mistake until the cows come home.

At least with mobi, there is no doubt what the spelling is.

Not saying I don't like the ext, and I am probably making a big deal about it, maybe it will not be a problem, but something to think about anyway.

People will know what is is after the first time they see it. Its easy to remember these extensions. How many people are there that type in .kom instead of .com because they only know how it is pronounced?

 

[Sam]

I will tell you one hurdle I see with the .tel. People will not like that it is spelled as only one L. I can hear them now, don't forget to type in tel with only one L. Or over the phone to a customer, "its one letter L. Sure I know even telephone has only one L, but consumers are going be making that mistake until the cows come home.

At least with mobi, there is no doubt what the spelling is.

Not saying I don't like the ext, and I am probably making a big deal about it, maybe it will not be a problem, but something to think about anyway.

What kind of nonsense is this?

Tel with only one L? Perhaps .mobi might be mistaken for ".moby". I guess we must educate the masses on .i instead of y?

Loads of end users are buying or registering the .mobi. Big corporations too, So .mobi is not to be compared to .tv as .tv has absolutley no history up to now.

Are you a completely brainwashed by your fellow .mobi cultists? How absurd this comment is. Time for you to go to our dear Jesse for some .MOBI CURING.

There are SO MANY more .TV end users then .MOBI.

Keep your cultist ideas in the .mobi SUBFORUM. That's why it exists. At least we can contain the disease.

 

[Kate]

As for contact details it's not a bad idea but why not put them in the DNS direct.
The TXT records are available for the purpose of storing extra information. They are presently used for SPF BTW.
Records for master name servers usually contain the E-mail address of the domain administrator - it's nothing new.
Example of a DNS record:
http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/lookup.ch?name=parknames.net&type=ALL

 

[radiotec]

I have had a dot.tel for 2 years already now - does not resolve properly and the same company offers for free .fax / .tel.no / .fax.no

None have ever resolved properly - I do not beleive this is an alternative to .mobi at all - just a fad - dont waste your money

I like the idea of .LOL

YES............