Comments on: Poll: How Long Until New Top Level Domain Names? http://domainnamewire.com/2010/03/12/poll-how-long-until-new-top-level-domain-names/ Domain Name Industry News and Views Sat, 26 May 2012 20:25:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Bret Fausett http://domainnamewire.com/2010/03/12/poll-how-long-until-new-top-level-domain-names/comment-page-1/#comment-578167 Bret Fausett Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:19:59 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=11252#comment-578167 My crystal ball is no better than Michael Palage's, but I think that (a) the next DAG will address all the "overarching issues" that have been open for too long (May/June 2010); (b) ICANN will accept comments on the next DAG in Brussels through the early fall and approve the Applicant Guidebook at the ICANN annual meeting in Dec. 2010; (c) the AG will be published in Jan/Feb 2011; (d) ICANN will begin accepting applications in Q3 2011; (e) first applications will be approved in Q2 2012; (f) registrations of names in new TLDs will start resolving in latter part of 2012. Your Magic 8-Ball may deliver different predictions. -- Bret My crystal ball is no better than Michael Palage’s, but I think that (a) the next DAG will address all the “overarching issues” that have been open for too long (May/June 2010); (b) ICANN will accept comments on the next DAG in Brussels through the early fall and approve the Applicant Guidebook at the ICANN annual meeting in Dec. 2010; (c) the AG will be published in Jan/Feb 2011; (d) ICANN will begin accepting applications in Q3 2011; (e) first applications will be approved in Q2 2012; (f) registrations of names in new TLDs will start resolving in latter part of 2012.

Your Magic 8-Ball may deliver different predictions.

— Bret

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