telnic won't launch IDNs

[jacksonm]

FYI,
Just got a mail back from telnic: they will launch with ascii only.

[IDNCowboy]

FYI,
Just got a mail back from telnic: they will launch with ascii only.
.tel won't be popular anyway in asia

[jacksonm]

It will be popular all over if they build support for NAPTR records into skype, and only for .tel domains. I could imagine some sort of behind the scenes deal like that between skype and telnic...

[IDNCowboy]

It will be popular all over if they build support for NAPTR records into skype, and only for .tel domains. I could imagine some sort of behind the scenes deal like that between skype and telnic...
People have listed so many reasons about .mobi etc etc in japan as well - doesn't mean people in japan will wake up one day and remember 1000 extra extensions

[jacksonm]

People have listed so many reasons about .mobi etc etc in japan as well - doesn't mean people in japan will wake up one day and remember 1000 extra extensions

People won't need to remember or even know the extension. Telnic is positioning .tel support to be embedded into applications. For example, in skype you could search for "John Doe", and skype would fetch the NAPTR record from johndoe.tel, populating memory with the actual contact details, allowing you to click a button for call, msn, icq, or save the contact details, etc. All that would be completely invisible to the user, he just types "john doe" into a search field and clicks "search".

The really bad thing about this idea, though, is the limited namespace. Out of 100 John Does, only one of them will be able to get a .tel record, at least with his real name.

[Rubber Duck]

Tel Nic obviously has no interest in most of the World's major telecoms markets.
The US is the their universe. Good luck Tel Nic. Most of the innovative technologies for telecoms get road tested in China. This extension must be for Paleontologists.

[alpha]

..The really bad thing about this idea, though, is the limited namespace. Out of 100 John Does, only one of them will be able to get a .tel record, at least with his real name.

erm, is it just me, or is that like having a paper phone directory with only one listing for each same name.

wtf use is that? that is dumb

[Rubber Duck]

erm, is it just me, or is that like having a paper phone directory with only one listing for each same name.

wtf use is that? that is dumb

Alternatively, they could do "YourIPAddress".tel :)

[Drewbert]

Boy, I'm REALLY looking forward to all these calls from people dialing bradpitt.tel on the off-chance I'm the same one.

[touchring]

Boy, I'm REALLY looking forward to all these calls from people dialing bradpitt.tel on the off-chance I'm the same one.

Great idea. Instead of type-ins, now we got call ins. Worth looknig into. :p