Hehe,

I laugh when I see, what people are getting them selves into when they are registering for a new.net domain.

When users find, out that the javascript that is downloaded and installed onto you browser actually uses re-direction.

What i'm saying is, when you goto a website and you see that when you are clicking on a link on the page, the actual location in the "url" bar always stays the same, that is exactly what "new.net" are doing, by downloading and installing a javascript on your pc.

Very clever idea, but people who don't have the javascript wont be able to view the pages. They will have to download the javascript before they can view the page.

If you visit http://www.new.net you will see a link "click here to enable your browser to recognize new.net domains"

I think, this is outrageous.

Please post, your views/comments here.

Damn them.

The whole thing is really just a way of getting around ICANN.

They did the same thing a while back with realnames, where instead of putting www.domain.com into the browser address field, you put in just the RealName of the company and it would resolve to the correct location.

If a person browsing a new.net site is using an ISP that supports those fake TLD's, then it's all done 'behind the scenes', without the need for the browser plugin. Configuring it takes about five minutes

According to our network engineer, setting up a system to resolve non-ICANN approved 'TLD's" like that is fairly simple and not proprietary, so we'll probably see more of them as ICANN grows worse and worse.

What I thought was funny-they spammed a whole group of ISP's with the following message:

Do you support the new tld's? I recently purchased a new domain name with the new extension ".shop" and would like to use
an isp who supports this. If not, do you know who does besides earthlink, netzero? and excit@home?

He posted the replies on their site (now taken down, sadly). What they got was mostly sales pitches for web hosting, and a lot of BS. It was hysterical. They didn't realize that none of these were in fact the new ICANN approved TLD's, or that the person wasn't really looking for hosting, but looking to get them to configure their systems to resolve them automatically instead of using the plug in.

I found this interesting link about the aTLDs. This one puts a positive spin on the New.net and other aTLD services. I don't necessarily agree with it, although I did find it entertaining.

The ICANN Movie (http://www.paradigm.nu/icann/)

are there any other companies that provide similar services?

wow, this has to be a resurrection record 8.6 years.
mangroot, you do realise you've just opened an 8+ year old thread :eek:
I suggest you use the search feature or create a new thread....

I suggest you use the search feature or create a new thread....

Or perhaps use the search function less :)

old-old message thread...i know
but any ideas?

old-old message thread...i know
but any ideas?

I personally always just stayed away from new.net and realnames products due to the non-use by most Internet surfers.

-mike

are they the only one company, who provide such services?
may be other plugins?

yes many users dont know of getting a .net domain for them

Forget that. Just buy a .net or use some other free domain provider.

http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/new.net/msgpage?page=2#reviews

Linked to Smitfraud

spyware galore stay away!

yes, this is the way others are using to monetize such services.
but i'm wondering about all of them and their competitors