.Travel VS .Travel - The reality of divergence

[Ronald Regging]

This isn't really breaking news, but with the recent landrush of .travel, I thought it may be interesting to rehash some old points to see what people's current perspective on things are.

If you aren't aware, New.net has been selling .travel domains for many many years as one of their alternative domain offerings. New.net is known for offering these alternative domains that either require the use of a plugin, or direct ISP cooperation. Over the years, they've been lambasted for being pushers of spyware and generally looked down upon my most respectable Net users.

However, reportedly 175 million Net users are able to access these alternative domains, which is a lot of people.
So now that the ICANN accredited .travel extension is coming to fruition, what will the effects be?

 

[wasistdas]

Cybersquatters invasion. As usual.

 

[Kate]

However, reportedly 175 million Net users are able to access these alternative domains, which is a lot of people.
So now that the ICANN accredited .travel extension is coming to fruition, what will the effects be?

Good question. Well .travel & .travel are in conflict. This is the perfect illustration that these pseudo-domains are nothing more than vanity items...