The .TEL Discussion Thread

[brendan52190]

Hi

For this, let's assume that .tel will not be a total flop.

What type of keywords will be most valuable for this extension? Will it be geographical keywords, like newyork.tel, losangeles.tel, etc, or what else?

 

[plaggypig]

From twitter:

sevendotzero: "Tomorrow for go live?"
justinhayward: "that's the plan - no fixed time"

 

[aliencafe]

picked up a few more

pharmacist.tel
gynecologist.tel
obstetrician.tel
medications.tel

 

[Billy2009]

Who is the cheapest registrar for pre-orders on .tel please?

For that matter who is the cheapest registrar for Landrush? The cheapest I have found is name.com at $295. However, once they said a domain name was gone when it wasn't. Maybe unreliable?

 

[nrmillions]

I own TelPortfolio.com which is related to .tel but not actually a .tel and I dont currently own a .Tel Portfolio yet either lol.

 

[plaggypig]

I own TelPortfolio.com which is related to .tel but not actually a .tel and I dont currently own a .Tel Portfolio yet either lol.

That's like owning the keys to a Ferrari, but not the car itself

FYI: Henri just tweeted, "get your .tel yet? It's going live real soon now..."

 

[steveteva]

Good news for .tel owner, read:
http://domainnamewire.com/2009/03/05/att-thinks-printed-phone-books-are-passe/

Phone books are dead, welcome to .tel

 

[nrmillions]

Good news for .tel owner, read:
http://domainnamewire.com/2009/03/05/att-thinks-printed-phone-books-are-passe/

Phone books are dead, welcome to .tel

phonebooks have been dead for a long time. sites like yellowpages.com and facebook have made paper phonebooks useless.

 

[plaggypig]

Good news for .tel owner, read:
http://domainnamewire.com/2009/03/05/att-thinks-printed-phone-books-are-passe/

Phone books are dead, welcome to .tel

Good catch. There's also an interesting comment by somebody who works for the YPA which caught my eye:

In 2008, US consumers referenced the YP over 13 billion times - basically 8 of out 10 consumers still use it.

And we're going to eat their lunch

 

[NathanJacob]

Here is some more interesting info...

http://www.telnic.org/downloads/quickstart_telguide.pdf

http://www.telnic.org/downloads/telguide.pdf

Cheers,

 

[hullswingerscom]

i bet dot tel will advertise on namepros

 

[Kate]

phonebooks have been dead for a long time. sites like yellowpages.com and facebook have made paper phonebooks useless.

Indeed :bingo:

In 2008, US consumers referenced the YP over 13 billion times - basically 8 of out 10 consumers still use it.

And we're going to eat their lunch

Yes, good luck competing with YP, search engines, established directories etc - easy job for sure :D

 

[phase111]

Indeed :bingo:

Yes, good luck competing with YP, search engines, established directories etc - easy job for sure :D

Jeez, your certainly no optimist are you? Do you ever have anything positive to say?, it just seems like you take a very pessimist and negative view about everything in general..whilst a bit depressing, at least it's creating debate at the very most I suppose...I kind of get the feeling you wake up every sunny morning on the wrong side of the bed and complain about how awful the weather is, lol. I guess many of us 'telsters' take an entrepreneurial view of domaining and we like to take calculated risks- we may make some mistakes with our decisions but that's all part of learning- if we didnt take any risks we wouldn't get any rewards...while this may seem stupid and foolish to a hard out pessimist who would rather live in the past, looking at past failures within the warm fuzzy comfort and certainty of a good old fashioned .com domain, Im sure us telsters cannot be branded as boring and conservative.We should be congratulated for taking on new ideas like dot tel, new ideas that shouldnt be brandished a failure before even being released. Theres not even anything similar in history to dot tel that can predict it's failure, so to make such predictions is nonsensical. :bingo:

 

[FreakySteve]

Good news for .tel owner, read:
http://domainnamewire.com/2009/03/05/att-thinks-printed-phone-books-are-passe/

Phone books are dead, welcome to .tel

:kickass:

 

[plaggypig]

Indeed :bingo:

Yes, good luck competing with YP, search engines, established directories etc - easy job for sure :D

Who said it was going to be easy? It certainly won't be - the point is that an exciting new opportunity is emerging, and so far I haven't heard a convincing argument otherwise. It's all pessimism, bluster, and FUD. I hear it all the time, about everything - I'm British, unfortunately.

But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas?

We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.

And they did it, and it took just 8 years - think about that! :kickass:

 

[Ms Domainer]

Jeez, your certainly no optimist are you? Do you ever have anything positive to say?, it just seems like you take a very pessimist and negative view about everything in general..whilst a bit depressing, at least it's creating debate at the very most I suppose...I kind of get the feeling you wake up every sunny morning on the wrong side of the bed and complain about how awful the weather is, lol. I guess many of us 'telsters' take an entrepreneurial view of domaining and we like to take calculated risks- we may make some mistakes with our decisions but that's all part of learning- if we didnt take any risks we wouldn't get any rewards...while this may seem stupid and foolish to a hard out pessimist who would rather live in the past, looking at past failures within the warm fuzzy comfort and certainty of a good old fashioned .com domain, Im sure us telsters cannot be branded as boring and conservative.We should be congratulated for taking on new ideas like dot tel, new ideas that shouldnt be brandished a failure before even being released. Theres not even anything similar in history to dot tel that can predict it's failure, so to make such predictions is nonsensical. :bingo:

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Hit. Nail. on. Head.

:D

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[Numeric Domains]

Is the whois available to use yet please anyone?

 

[plaggypig]

Is the whois available to use yet please anyone?

Not yet. Bear in mind that Henri, Justin, and perhaps other Telnicsters are in Mexico for the ICANN conference, so if it is launched today then I bet it will be later on when they're all awake..

Patience

 

[Numeric Domains]

Not yet. Bear in mind that Henri, Justin, and perhaps other Telnicsters are in Mexico for the ICANN conference, so if it is launched today then I bet it will be later on when they're all awake..

Patience

OK Thanks

 

[Kate]

There is nothing wrong with taking calculated risks. That's business.
Here we're talking about financial suicide.

Hey don't mind the skeptics, keep on congratulating each other on your future 5-figure sales (wishful thinking running high today) :loveyou:

 

[plaggypig]

(wishful thinking running high today) :loveyou:

I could accuse you of the same thing, but instead of being constructive and putting up thoughtful arguments your wish is simply to see other people fail - a (common) psychological disorder IMO, though I don't wish to sound rude.

Why not just spend a few minutes writing a piece that clearly states your apprehensions/objections, and then we might have a healthier debate..

:loveyou: