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Re: .bbs tld?

From Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net>
Newsgroups comp.bbs.misc, alt.bbs
Subject Re: .bbs tld?
Date 2021-10-12 14:06 -0600
Organization TNet Consulting
Message-ID <sk4q5b$3qm$1@tncsrv09.home.tnetconsulting.net> (permalink)
References <6165CB96.66BFDB66@mutinybbs.com>

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On 10/12/21 11:53 AM, Divarin wrote:
> Why in the world is there a top level domain name ".boats" but not a 
> ".bbs"?! that's just a travesty!

Cost.

The last I heard, registering a new top level domain was about a quarter 
of a million dollars start up and about 100 thousand dollars a year ongoing.

I suspect that there isn't enough demand to cover that cost.

That also completely elides the technical complications and requirement.



-- 
Grant. . . .
unix || die

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