ALT Roots and new TLD's

Discussion in 'Domain Names' started by eslsociety, Apr 9, 2007.

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    Hi,

    Quick question I was thinking about . . .

    Some of the tld's that are newer were formerly run on alt root dns servers, and I'm wondering about this.

    Specifically, name.space offers a .asia tld, but I've seen that there's going to be an ICANN approved .asia tld.

    So my questions is - if I register viagra.asia through name.space and then the ICANN .asia tld goes through - what does viagra.asia resolve to? The alt root domain, or something newly registered through ICANN?

    Also - how many service providers actually use that DNS? are alt root tld's in any way viable? Is there any easier way for end users to access an alt root tld other than modifying their DNS settings?

    Thanks
     
    eslsociety, Apr 9, 2007 IP
  2. Pat Gael

    Pat Gael Banned

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    Is there a dot.Asia extension?

    I have not heard about, but I know that new.net was offering for long time extension such as shop, cars, and even xxx.

    Of course none of them were real extension but a sort of subdomains that required a plugin installed on the surefer's browser to get them working.

    Not sure if that is up still :rolleyes:
     
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  3. eslsociety

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    Yeah, I saw that there is a pre-sunrise perioud going on for .asia . . .

    Anyone else have any ideas about this?

    Also - has anyone had experience or read anything about litigation related to alt root domains when the tld they offer is used by ICANN?

    For example - if I run an alt root server that will resolve .biz names, and then ICANN decides to use the .BIZ extension . . . Same example. A user of the alt root has Viagra.BIZ and then someone registers Viagra.BIZ through ICANN.

    Is there any legal precedent for litigation, arbitration, etc.?
     
    eslsociety, Apr 9, 2007 IP