How come 1 character domains are reserved? Why? WHY? :)

The reason I got when I asked this question was that they were reserved 'for the public interest'. No idea what that means though :) Something iana just up and decided to do for some reason.

Here's some interesting history:
http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200007/msg00085.html

-David

i think not only 1,but 2 or 3 ch are reserved,

some were given out early on, x.com, z.com

Originally posted by palash
i think not only 1,but 2 or 3 ch are reserved,
pardon me...is 2-char and 3-char .com and .net reserved??

I thought 2-3 char are still continuously dropped and catched by domainers???

silhouette, 2+ character .coms and .nets are. 2 character orgs no longer drop.

Originally posted by kohashi
silhouette, 2+ character .coms and .nets are. 2 character orgs no longer drop.
right...that's why my impression on PIR is bad...:mad:
excuse me!!

Originally posted by thedavid
The reason I got when I asked this question was that they were reserved 'for the public interest'. No idea what that means though :) Something iana just up and decided to do for some reason.

Here's some interesting history:
http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200007/msg00085.html

-David

Thanks for the link :)

I dont see how 1 letter domains affect the stability of the internet. Go figure... maybe a.com would crash the net?

Originally posted by kohashi
I dont see how 1 letter domains affect the stability of the internet. Go figure... maybe a.com would crash the net?
(I am too lazy to go to the link)
Is that the reason given for restricting 1-char TLDs.Craps...
that should NOT come from the mouth of technical people :mad:

Maybe they're afraid people go crazy over the single-char domains, and a worldwide disease breaks out?

Ok, i need sleep? ;)

Originally posted by sanjiv
Maybe they're afraid people go crazy over the single-char domains,...
i do have lotsa craze over the 1-letter .coms;) ...(who doesn't)

but, seriously, are 1-char .com/.net issued in the beginning??

paypal owns x.com
qwest owns q.com
nissan owns z.com
elequa owns i.net

arin controls the single letters and they were originally reserved for expansion of the rootservers ie webhosting.a.com webhosting.b.com but the need did not present itself

never say never :)

Originally posted by Gary W
How come 1 character domains are reserved? Why? WHY? :)

To give 2-letter domains an increased value ;) :D

Originally posted by snoop
some were given out early on, x.com, z.com

didn't give out, they droped by mistake and people reg'ed them if i'm not mistaken as per my friend one of the collection owner :D

and they are:
Q.com X.com Z.com
Q.net I.net
X.org


i had big@z.com when Z.com was a portal and gives free emails until i got a notice that they are going to sell it to nissan :)

How much do you guys think that these domains are valued at, today? ;)

At least $250k each.

can't sell 1 letter domain as its not allowed

unless you buy the company who owns it, as one of the owners of the collection told me :D

Originally posted by Bashar
can't sell 1 letter domain as its not allowed

unless you buy the company who owns it, as one of the owners of the collection told me :D
wow...that is new to me...
U mean a pure ownership transfer of the 1-char domain names is NOT allowed.

But what proof is required to show that you bought the co.? Legal lawyer document??

not sure,

because the Registrant name doesn't change for some reason.

my friend who bought the company to own the name hasn't changed the registrant name, only the nameservers and admin/tech contacts.

Originally posted by Bashar
...hasn't changed the registrant name only the nameservers and admin/tech contacts.
Oh!! this is NO good...

I don't feel comfortable if I am NOT named as the "Registrant" after I bought/registered it!!;)

give me www.k.net and take all whois info i wont mind :D

although Z.com got all info changed from old owner to Nissan North America !

BUT X.com didn't change their registrant info from the old owner to Paypal hehe :P


btw x.com used to offer email services urname@x.com for $20/year but i don't recall the quota though.

Originally posted by Bashar
give me www.k.net and take all whois info i wont mind :D
hmmm:rolleyes: k.net
is that your initials....u sounds desperate for it!!

~My initial~.net owner asked me to F***-off when I approached him/her with a considerbly-great offer!!:(
i feel so sad:bawling:

K.net = KuwaitNET :D

Originally posted by Bashar
K.net = KuwaitNET :D
oh i c...
good luck in your hunt....
if it comes true 1 day!!:D

I dont see how 1 letter domains affect the stability of the internet. Go figure... maybe a.com would crash the net?
My guess is that some people think the lower number of characters in a domain, the higher the value so, in theory, this would make single letter domains very valuable. So maybe the public interest was to avoid extorsion/overinflated prices?

Alex042, in the days that those domains were reserved, registering domains was free.

Not sure sounds stupid! But why paypal wanted x.com. x.com is good for free email kind of stuff . Also may be good for porn kind of stuff :-),for payment gateway paypal.com payxxx.com make more sense

Originally posted by snapnames
Not sure sounds stupid! But why paypal wanted x.com. x.com is good for free email kind of stuff . Also may be good for porn kind of stuff :-),for payment gateway paypal.com payxxx.com make more sense

They don't really need a reason - if x.com was available at the time, I'm not sure why you wouldn't want to grab it, so apparently PayPal grabbed it first :)

How I would dream to own a.com

Originally posted by GavPearce
How I would dream to own a.com

You will have to be dictator of the World or God:-) or great grand hacker

even dictators (saddam lol :P) and grant whatever hacker or even billgates can own a.com :D RULES ARE RULES even if you want to pay 1 million dollar for a name

but god is something else and no one can be GOD thats for sure :P

:)