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Default Re: 'Shake-up' for internet proposed

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Originally Posted by poppy View Post
I always look for .UK if I am shopping as I like to buy British, it will ruin all that.
Why do they keep 'mendin stuff that aint broke'
More TLDs means more domain names available. Never mind that most people who buy one, buy all they can afford with the same subdomain part (e.g. AAA.com, AAA.net, AAA.co.uk, etc....). It's all just about money. The internet ceased to be about people, research or creating something special a long time ago, it's just turned into one big, stinky, advert riddled hell hole. Pretty much like TV really...

Reminds me of the launch of the Tuvalu GTLD (Formerly known as the Ellice Islands) - .TV, total population 3 people, and one wort hog (ok, about 12,000 people). They sold the entire domain to a US company who now sells .TV domains for the highest price of any domain name on the net - And not one is owned by anyone on the islands...

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