Comments on: .Tel Has Benefits, But Many Challenges

By: Barb Bender

Barb Bender — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:14:57 +0000

Hi: Just wondering if there is any update to the .tel in terms of registrations. I agree with some of the comments, that the .tel is actually going to work better for businesses, because they want to be contacted by their customers. It will be interesting to see how many individuals actually register their real names, vs nicknames – privacy rules with individuals.

By: Ali

Ali — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 07:43:33 +0000

.Tel will work well for business. But it is common sense that it wont work for individuals, there are millions of alis, john and only one person can hold that in the whole world. n second I dont think people like Bill gates or Donald trump would like the whole world to see their details, people who he wants to be in touch with already got his numbers. So for individuals, it might not make a big deal.

By: Rob Sequin

Rob Sequin — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 03:28:37 +0000

Andrew, Right on point.

T.Bergmen, .tel has NOTHING to do with mobile use.

No matter who and how many try to talk up .tel, it’d dead.

Save your money.

You can’t even develop a site on .tel so who the hell is going to want their own .tel.

A stupid antiquated concept that will not live more than a few months past the speculation of the landrush.

I wouldn’t take a .tel if you gave it to me.

How many .tel buyers are NOT speculators and actually plan to use the .tel? 1%? Less than 1%?

Unless people actually use .tel (and I said this about .mobi) unless people actually develop (in this case simply use) .tel, it is dead.

DEAD.

By: Andrew Allemann

Andrew Allemann — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 02:48:43 +0000

@ T.Bergman – depends on how you define “quick”. Yes, it’s in the DNS, but that doesn’t mean pulling contact info in a structured format off a web site would take too much time given the data speeds that are coming out.

By: T.Bergman

T.Bergman — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 02:04:19 +0000

I think nearly all participants miss the point on this one. This TLD is the only TLD that will offer quick access to contact details accross the widest range of platforms with one click access for mobile users. With mobile device search volume anticipated to exceed pc base, this could be bigger than you expect.

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Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:19:33 +0000

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By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:45:00 +0000

We should all keep in mind that the success of .tel has nothing to do with domainers. This isn’t a domainers’ domain. However, it’s hard for new TLDs to generate revenue early on without domainers. The long term health of the domain may be stronger, but you need cash to survive. If you do the math, .tel is going to have to register a lot of domains to return money to its investors.