.Tel Them Where to Find You

#1

Post by prakash » Tue, Dec 02, 2008, 8:31 PM UTC

.Tel Them Where to Find You
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Re: .Tel Them Where to Find You

#2

Post by jmatt » Tue, Dec 02, 2008, 8:47 PM UTC

Wasn't that what the .info was for?

It's not a bad idea. It seems just as likely to end up as another haven for domain name proprietors.

Re: .Tel Them Where to Find You

#3

Post by pchristensen » Tue, Dec 02, 2008, 8:56 PM UTC

Trying to think of domain hacks: hos.tel is the only one that comes to mind. Maybe dontaskdont.tel?

Re: .Tel Them Where to Find You

#4

Post by johns » Tue, Dec 02, 2008, 9:57 PM UTC

"It will just need to get some traction."

Oh, that's all.

Re: .Tel Them Where to Find You

#5

Post by bprater » Tue, Dec 02, 2008, 10:01 PM UTC

johns wrote: post #4

"It will just need to get some traction." Oh, that's all.

Always wondered what the '???????' between 'Create service' and 'Profit' was. Now I know!

Re: .Tel Them Where to Find You

#6

Post by mixmax » Tue, Dec 02, 2008, 10:03 PM UTC

pchristensen wrote: post #3

Trying to think of domain hacks: hos.tel is the only one that comes to mind. Maybe dontaskdont.tel?

in.tel ?

Re: .Tel Them Where to Find You

#7

Post by mixmax » Tue, Dec 02, 2008, 10:10 PM UTC

I'm no expert on DNS, but this struck me:

Individuals can also choose to display their location, allowing their contacts to see where they are at any given time and opening the door for location-based services.

As far as I know DNS takes up to 24 hours to update all nameservers, rendering this service completely useless.

Am I wrong on this?

Re: .Tel Them Where to Find You

#8

Post by kirpekar » Tue, Dec 02, 2008, 10:21 PM UTC

competition to chi.mp ?

Re: .Tel Them Where to Find You

#9

Post by TheBosch » Tue, Dec 02, 2008, 10:27 PM UTC

mixmax wrote: post #7

I'm no expert on DNS, but this struck me: Individuals can also choose to display their location, allowing their contacts to see where they are at any given time and opening the door for location-based services. As far as I know DNS takes up to 24 hours to update all nameservers, rendering this service completely useless. Am I wrong on this?

Now I could be wrong on this, but I believe that's at the EXTREME end of things, I would say with the way DNS is updated now it usually takes under an hour at most. At least that's my personal experience.

Re: .Tel Them Where to Find You

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Post by TheBosch » Tue, Dec 02, 2008, 10:29 PM UTC

I think this is a good idea if it takes off. Being able to add billgates.tel to your various e-mail accounts and having your e-mail programs update your contacts daily and before you send an e-mail to that person would be incredibly helpful.

I just got my first smart phone yesterday and am having trouble trying to think of the best place to keep a 'master' copy of my contact records. This could easily solve that problem.