[ncdnhc-discuss] Re: Why is "Marketing ccTLDs as generics" on NC Agenda?

[Dave Crocker]

At 06:45 PM 10/4/2001, Jonathan Weinberg wrote:
>         Actually, I think this misdescribes new.net.  Yes, they offer 
> users a plugin that maps aaa.bbb to aaa.bbb.new.net.  But it doesn't 
> appear that the ISPs who partner with them are using that technique; 
> rather, they're simply pointing to a set of new.net alternate root 
> servers.  See <http://www.new.net/help_isp_info.tp>, which indicates that 
> an ISP can

Yes.  Thank you!

new.net is nothing but yet-another alternate root effort.

It is distinguished by being much better funded, much better managed, much 
more slick, and much more deceptive than previous efforts.

But it is nothing but an alternate root effort.

d/

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