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Can anyone explain why ICANN is charging $185K? Where did they get this number from and why is it so high? Something about paying so much for something that I feel should cost next to nothing to produce seems like a scam. I really can't wait for the day when the DNS is open and distrubuted so one central body (or Verisign) can't have a monopoly on a public good.
I use ".me" for my personal domain/email and I still get strange looks about this TLD from anyone outside the tech community. E.g. I give my email address to a clerk at a clothing store and I have to convince him that .me is a valid domain ending. This makes me think it will take a while before it makes sense for companies to embrace the new anything-TLDs as their main web presence. The last thing you want to do is c…
Yeah, I would've bought a .name if I was confident that people wouldn't be confused. On the other hand, I don't quite see the purpose of a new TLD for websites, it's pretty clear that nobody types URLs anymore. Sure, it's a new namespace, so you can choose the name you want, but on the other hand, colliding with a .com can cause confusion in searches, so I wouldn't risk it.
No group of donators will be able to do this without the support of a major company.