.TEL launched
Yeah as much as I hate to be a lemming, I registered my name in this TLD today. The underlying idea is slick – keeping more domain-specific information within the DNS system itself. DNS has proven to be the most important and robust protocol powering the Internet since TCP/IP. We really could not function in our day to day activities without the ability to resolve domain names. Think about it – no email, no websites, and yes … no twitter!
Selling people vanity domain names is old hat of course. The .NAME TLD came out years ago and people (including yours truly) bought their names in this TLD. Now this one is different in that the contact info for the registrant is provided directly by the nameservers. Whether this idea is going to gain the critical mass needed remains to be seen.