.us Who registered all the phone numbers .us??

[mediaspree]

I looked up all three of my phone numbers as domian names (with area code) and someone has regsitered them with .us extension. Did the phone company do this? A whois reveals "not found"

Thanks for your insight!
Eric

 

[Delete]

there are many names that are restricted in the .us extension such as racial, explicit and some offensive words. If the whois is not found that means there is a restriction.

 

[Tippy]

:notme:

 

[mediaspree]

LOL @ Tippy

 

[armstrong]

This from www.nic.us faq:

the following categories of names are also reserved:
- All numbers five digits and higher
- All numbers in the format five digits-four digits (zip codes)
- All telephone numbers including toll-free numbers
- Tagged domain names—all labels with hyphens in the third and fourth character positions (e.g. "bq--kn2n4h4b")

So phone numbers can't be registered at all within .us.

Regards,

Apollo

 

[Grrilla]

Most government offices are also not available ie President.us, Senator.us.

 

[mediaspree]

Thanks Armstrong!

Good work there.

On a side note I was wondering what I could do with my own phone number as a domain name. Everything but .us is available....I wonder if I coudl come up with some kinduv script that rang my phone when someone went to the webpage...that might get annoying but would be damn cool!!! Any thoughts...is this already being done out there? I am going to go look it up on google...hahah good day

:tu:

 

[bensontwenty]

Originally posted by mediaspree
I wonder if I coudl come up with some kinduv script that rang my phone when someone went to the webpage:tu:

Instead of a 404 - you give them -

the number you have dialled has not been recognised

:o

 

[Webtwink]

i don't know if its a good idea. you may even a thousand or more calls in a day, and who knows what the other guy thinks on the end.

YOu could also get load of threats, and even you privacy compromised(i think i am going overboard). But i wouldn't put my personal phone up there for everyone to call.

 

[mediaspree]

yeah...and noone would be able to talk to me really...i don't know it seems like an intriguing domain to have...your phone number...maybe not :talk:

 

[Tekim]

Who would even know that your phone number was a website? No one would go to it.

 

[mediaspree]

i coudl give it out on business cards or something...i dunno. I am just brainstorming ideas LOL

like maybe you coudl text me a message to my cell from the website...

 

[Kodeking]

Originally posted by Tekim
Who would even know that your phone number was a website? No one would go to it.

It's also kindof a weird name thats hard to remember, and IMHO .us is a bad tld

 

[The Equivocate]

Wasnt the whole point of domain names so we wouldn't have to type in a whole bunch of numbers (IP addresses) to reach a site? So putting in a phone number seems like a step backwards to me :D

 

[jj2ii3344]

Hahaha@Matt!!

 

[Wilfredo]

Banned names ;D