reosarevok: it costs $185,000 to submit a proposal (even if it's not accepted), and you have to prove that you can finance running a tld registrar for at least 3 years.
2012-06-01 15334, 2012
CatCat
that'd be small beans to something liek google i suspect
CatCat: convince someone to give you a small Catalan section :p
2012-06-01 15332, 2012
CatCat
nope.
2012-06-01 15337, 2012
reosarevok
Or make a bit about how great Catalonia is, with text from Wikipedia
2012-06-01 15338, 2012
reosarevok
:p
2012-06-01 15338, 2012
kepstin-work
I know that back in the day, http://tk/ used to bring you to the .tk registration page
2012-06-01 15340, 2012
CatCat
ask nikki ,she's looked int othat laready
2012-06-01 15351, 2012
kepstin-work is canadian, so he has a .ca :)
2012-06-01 15357, 2012
CatCat
cat.ca?
2012-06-01 15301, 2012
CatCat
not as great
2012-06-01 15308, 2012
kepstin-work
cat.ca/t
2012-06-01 15314, 2012
CatCat
but! yo ucould get cha-cha.ca
2012-06-01 15325, 2012
CatCat suspect cat.ca is TAKEN
2012-06-01 15337, 2012
kepstin-work
oh, almost certainly
2012-06-01 15344, 2012
ianmcorvidae
catc.at
2012-06-01 15345, 2012
ianmcorvidae
perhaps :)
2012-06-01 15358, 2012
CatCat
unqueestionally taken
2012-06-01 15325, 2012
CatCat
ugh why is browser beign slow
2012-06-01 15351, 2012
kepstin-work
but yes - there is nothing in the dns system that prevents the owner of a tld from creating a web page at the tld
2012-06-01 15318, 2012
kepstin-work
so, icann could create a website at http://com/ if they liked.
2012-06-01 15328, 2012
ianmcorvidae
well, verisign could at least :P
2012-06-01 15331, 2012
CatCat
like blahblah.tld/index kinda but for the tld itself
2012-06-01 15346, 2012
kepstin-work
er, yes, verisign
2012-06-01 15326, 2012
CatCat
i hate whne stuff like cat.ca is a website not about cats
2012-06-01 15344, 2012
CatCat
erh. what palce is .at?
2012-06-01 15325, 2012
reosarevok
Austria? I think
2012-06-01 15330, 2012
CatCat
hmm!
2012-06-01 15333, 2012
ianmcorvidae
austria, yeah
2012-06-01 15343, 2012
CatCat
uh, how do you register a daoiman..
2012-06-01 15301, 2012
CatCat
noly tiem i did it was with yaoo for like.. damn geocities turned itn to a webiste
2012-06-01 15309, 2012
CatCat
man i feel dumb
2012-06-01 15339, 2012
ianmcorvidae keeps intending to register ianmcorvid.ae or something, but I'm not sure how I feel about having a domain in the UAE :P
2012-06-01 15343, 2012
kepstin-work
9.4 If I want to register a gTLD solely to promote my own brand and undertake my own marketing plans, can I refuse applications for second level domains from my competitors? Can I also refuse applications for second level domains from individuals who appear to be cybersquatters or scammers?
2012-06-01 15345, 2012
kepstin-work
Yes. The applicant is responsible for setting the business model and policy for how they will use their gTLD, so long as the registry is in compliance with the terms of the registry agreement.
2012-06-01 15316, 2012
CatCat
kepstin-work: this is how the catalanian peope lcontroll the .cat domain
