domain VOIPTelekom.com

[wot]

A lot of Telekom companies will be looking to add VOIP to their services to survive :wave:

 

[barefoottech]

Excellent Name and Telekom is Correct spelling in a lot of countries
$xx mid -- $xxx Mid with development and /or Sale to VOIP Company

 

[DominoKing_com]

Nice one Wot.. I am not sure on the price could be anything but got a nice buzz to it,, I see potential keep it for sure...

 

[worldstar]

nice name but should it be telecom?

 

[wot]

nice name but should it be telecom?

Only if I was asking for an appraisal on VOIPTelecom which I do not own :td:

 

[BriGuy20]

I like the domain, but I have a question:

In the countries that spell it "Telekom" (like, say, Germany), is it abbreviated/called VOIP?

I know the acronym may not fit once its translated, but sometimes foreigners will use american names for products (like, for example, I saw a hispanic calling a Jeep a "Chip," which ends up being the same pronounciation in spanish as it is in english). Also, I've seen the Apple Japan website, and it seems the Japanese in general keep Romanized/Romanji (i.e. English) names for US products.

Not trying to be a downer, but it could affect your value if they call VOIP by another name. It would be like having a Petrol site here in the states (or a Gasoline/Gas site in the UK). Regional/language issues are important when developing a domain like this, since your primary audience is probably going to be in some place like Germany (80 million people, probably the second largest VOIP audience in the world).

 

[wot]

I like the domain, but I have a question:

In the countries that spell it "Telekom" (like, say, Germany), is it abbreviated/called VOIP?

I know the acronym may not fit once its translated, but sometimes foreigners will use american names for products (like, for example, I saw a hispanic calling a Jeep a "Chip," which ends up being the same pronounciation in spanish as it is in english). Also, I've seen the Apple Japan website, and it seems the Japanese in general keep Romanized/Romanji (i.e. English) names for US products.

Not trying to be a downer, but it could affect your value if they call VOIP by another name. It would be like having a Petrol site here in the states (or a Gasoline/Gas site in the UK). Regional/language issues are important when developing a domain like this, since your primary audience is probably going to be in some place like Germany (80 million people, probably the second largest VOIP audience in the world).

Interesting question - I would think VOIP is international being an acronym but would certainly stand corrected :cy:

The Telekom market though is much bigger than you may think:

Austria,Slovenia, Malaysia -Germany of course and a few more.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=telekom&btnG=Google+Search

 

[RickyG]

Time to start making a shopping list on who will be your buyers....

Low - mid XXX

 

[BriGuy20]

Interesting question - I would think VOIP is international being an acronym but would certainly stand corrected :cy:

The Telekom market though is much bigger than you may think:

Austria,Slovenia, Malaysia -Germany of course and a few more.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=telekom&btnG=Google+Search

I know that there's certainly a lot of potential for VOIP, perhaps more potential in Europe than here in the States since the state-owned telcos there can charge an arm and a leg for service. I read a horror story about how bad the fees are for British Telecom (BT), I'm sure there's even more potential.

My guess would be, though, that the entry point will more likely be through cell phones over there rather than computers. This seems to be a partially cultural, partially the result of circumstances (I think computer-based internet is comparatively more expensive in Europe, plus it seems like almost every European has a cell phone, for the reasons listed above).

If indeed it's a universal acronym, I'd agree that your best bet is to wait for the offers to roll in.

 

[webmark]

. I read a horror story about how bad the fees are for British Telecom (BT), I'm sure there's even more potential.

how old was that article, BT was privatised in 1982, late 80's early 90's ( maybe a little later ) OFTEL the telco monopoly watchdog stepped in and completely overhauled BT's pricing structure for them...which was nice.

Even allowing for my dates being out by around 5 years that piece of drivel is over 10 years out of date. not that i advocate BT or anything but you can be rest assured that our Telecommunications revolution occured around the same time yours did.....

I really wish alot of you Yanks ( in the nicest possible usage ) would stop categorising Europe as a whole and believing that you are the only civilised nation on the Planet. :td:

Also , do you realise that the British speak English, so regardless of how high the prices are ( or were 10 years ago ) this name would be worth squat to a mainstream UK Telco. If your gonna invoke industry knowledge to appraise a name then at least make it fact , not fiction.

Anyway I diagress,back to the domain, as has been previously mentioned the name can have potential but if it mixes an English Acronym with a suffix from a different language then it prob wont be worth too much, cannot comment on exact worth...


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Interested in this so checked on German Search engine and they do use the acronym VOIP, ..... GOOD REG!!!!

 

[BriGuy20]

how old was that article, BT was privatised in 1982, late 80's early 90's ( maybe a little later ) OFTEL the telco monopoly watchdog stepped in and completely overhauled BT's pricing structure for them...which was nice.

Even allowing for my dates being out by around 5 years that piece of drivel is over 10 years out of date. not that i advocate BT or anything but you can be rest assured that our Telecommunications revolution occured around the same time yours did.....

I really wish alot of you Yanks ( in the nicest possible usage ) would stop categorising Europe as a whole and believing that you are the only civilised nation on the Planet. :td:

Also , do you realise that the British speak English, so regardless of how high the prices are ( or were 10 years ago ) this name would be worth squat to a UK Telco.

Anyway I diagress,back to the domain, as has been previously mentioned the name can have potential but if it mixes an English Acronym with a suffix from a different language then it prob wont be worth too much, cannot comment on exact worth...


EDIT---------------------------------------

Interested in this so checked on German Search engine and they do use the acronym VOIP, ..... GOOD REG!!!!

Article was on C|Net or Slashdot.org a couple of months ago, I think. I don't know the exact timeframe of the article's story, however.

I DO FULLY REALIZE that you can't just lump all of Europe into a whole and stick a category on it. I'm a cosmopolitan, tolerant Yank (I went to the Democratic convention and was able to get along perfectly with 2 French and a French-Canadian. I'm no jingoist "Freedom Fries" red-state American. You can assume both ways, and we know what assuming makes.).

I also do realize that not every situation in Europe is the same. I DO know that, in general, they are more tolerant of state-run businesses (they have more of a socialist leaning over there), and from what I hear telecom/telekom is comparatively more expensive.

EDIT: I also know that Europe has among the highest rates of cell phone penetration in the world (I think it's like 98% in one of the Nordic countries, perhaps Finland or Sweden). It's certainly higher than it is here (and cell phones are plenty prevalent over here).

I do ALSO know that, even with the spelling, Telekom covers Germany (largest European country) and I'm sure a few others (I'd guess Austria and other Central European countries). I'm not up on the situations in every country, however.

As I said, you can stereotype both ways. Every American is not a red-blooded, jingoistic, naive, only-speaks-english Texan with a cowboy hat on. It's the same everywhere else - Germans aren't all Nazis, French aren't all stuck-up, Jerry Lewis loving francophiles, and the British don't all go around saying "Tally ho, good chap!" while sipping on their tea. It's easy to make assumptions and stereotypes and assume that everyone is like that from a certain place. It sounds like you don't like it, and I know I don't like it either.

And please know I mean that in the nicest, least flame-inspiring way possible. :hearts: :hehe:

EDIT: Didn't take long to fulfill that posting theorem that somone put forth (As post count increases in an internet thread, the chance of something being compared to Nazis or Hitler approaches one). Just a note.

Please return to your regularly scheduled appraising.

 

[webmark]

Article was on C|Net or Slashdot.org a couple of months ago, I think. I don't know the exact timeframe of the article's story, however.

Well I question their sources then, not yours, I apologise.

Slashdot.org ,talk S*** in some cases 'for the record'.

I did not wish to turn this into a slanger tho I guess I should not be at all suprised you thought it neccessary to respond, lets drop it if thats acceptable dont wanna receive warning points for crashing somebodys appraisals thread.

I do love a good Cuppa tho....
Tally ho old bean *** tips bowler hat***

 

[wot]

Well I question their sources then, not yours, I apologise.

Slashdot.org ,talk S*** in some cases 'for the record'.

I did not wish to turn this into a slanger tho I guess I should not be at all suprised you thought it neccessary to respond, lets drop it if thats acceptable dont wanna receive warning points for crashing somebodys appraisals thread.

I do love a good Cuppa tho....
Tally ho old bean *** tips bowler hat***

:wave: