At 22:59 05/03/01 -0800, Paul A Vixie wrote: Yet another money hungry company looking to Balkanize the Internet. I guess they figure if Verisign can do it via their national language domain suffixes, why not us too!? -Hank
[ this came from http://www.new.net/about_us_press.tp and appears not to be a joke. its operational impact will not be felt today, but if it's even moderately popular before it dies, operational impact WILL be felt. i'm quite surprised by some of the folks they list as their partners. --vix ]
Contact: Claudia de Llano or Lisa Doiron Connors Communications (310) 452-7540 claudia@connors.com or lisa@connors.com
Brad Copeland New.net, Inc. 626-229-7800 pr@new.net
New.net Expands Internet Naming With Launch of 20 New Top-Level Domain Names
New Domain Name Registry's Technology Uses Existing Internet Naming System to Make Available Sensible, Meaningful Web Addresses
Pasadena, Calif. - March 5, 2001 - New.net (http://www.new.net), a domain name registry created to meet the market demand for Web addresses with logical, easy-to-remember extensions that make Internet navigation easier, today officially released its first 20 new top-level domains. New.net has developed a novel, proprietary approach, using software technology deployed at either the network level by partner ISPs or on individual PCs, that uses the existing Internet naming system to enable millions of users to gain access to these new addresses.
With this launch, the Internet community will be able to purchase and use domain names with extensions ("top-level domains") that were previously unavailable. Each of the new top-level domains was chosen to enable organizations and individuals to create Web addresses that more clearly describe their product, service offering, group activity or passion. The first 20 top-level domains being released are:
.CHAT .GMBH .LTD .SPORT .CLUB .HOLA .MED .TECH .FAMILY .INC .MP3 .TRAVEL .FREE .KIDS .SHOP .VIDEO .GAME .LAW .SOC .XXX <cut>