Any comment on dotusa.com , is it a new TLD?http://www.dotusa.com

From FAQ:

When and how can I use a .usa domain name?
The .usa domain names are currently being registered for activation in 2002. They will initially be viewed on the Internet by making a slight alteration to your web browser.
Wanna waste $59 per year? Not to mention input your credit card details to a non-secure forum (no SSL). Basically, this is worse than new.net and should be sued, and shut down.

registered for activation

along with about 1000 other proposed new tld's I would imagine :)

Greg Moore

Originally posted by akashik

along with about 1000 other proposed new tld's I would imagine dot-usa, though, is not a "proposed" tld; it's an "alternative" tld. As Chicken pointed out, new.net sells a bunch of those and pretty much pioneered the idea.

That passing mention to "a slight alteration to your web browser" is because your dot-usa domain won't be listed in the A-ROOT servers -- so you'll have to install a browser plug-in in order to be able to resolve it. So, of course, will all of your potential customers. It's possible that some ISPs will also give their name servers and resolvers the ability to link to whatever alternative root server network will be carrying dot-usa; but there's no guarantee that any of the big ones will.

So instead of paying ten or twelve dollars for a .com or .net, you can pay $59 for a domain name that might never work properly. It's a scam as far as I'm concerned, simply because the very real weaknesses of the system are never clearly disclosed by those selling these "alternative" domains.

very true.. They should change that to something more akin to reality such as:

"a slight change to your browser, along with everyone else's who you ever want to be able to see your site"

:)

Greg Moore

Originally posted by JayC
It's a scam as far as I'm concerned, simply because the very real weaknesses of the system are never clearly disclosed by those selling these "alternative" domains.
Agree and if I wasn't clear, this is what I meant. My other feeling about these crappy domains, is that if they were so wonderful, you'd think the registrar would use them themselves, but they don't, of course. They ain't stupid, don't let yourself fall for it.