Industry

We have met the Enemy, and he is .US

icann.Blog is doing an excellent job of following the .us top-level domain sell-out.

NeuStar's plans, if you could call them that, have struck me as having a fatal flaw from the beginning: the namespace is too small. There will be inevitable collisions at the top-level because registrations are allowed there, instead of being relegated to .com.us, or, more appropriately, considering the sites I've seen today, at .cum.us. Take, for example, me. I'd like to have a short, memorable domain name using my last name. Cox Communications would probably like the exact same one.

It entered the WHOIS database just as I finished handing over my plastic. What a farce.

6:21:26 PM # Google It!
categories: Directories, Industry, System Administration

Earthlink and broadband

I have thoughts on this, but I just can't think of them right now. :-)

"We're approaching a tipping point where you have to have broadband—where if you don't have it it's like not having running water" — Sky Dayton

5:37:51 PM # Google It!
categories: Industry

Not enough people per inch to justify the cost

Verizon is somewhat upset that Cumberland, Maryland, has deployed a wireless broadband net throughout the town. If it weren't for local initiative places like Highland County, Virginia, would not have telephones.

"In a world where it's pretty clear that telecommunications companies aren't in any rush to provide infrastructure, it's rational for the cities to get into the business."
— David Farber, quoted in "Bypassing the Carriers, a Burg Goes Broadband," The New York Times

3:58:54 PM # Google It!
categories: Industry, System Administration