Web Domain Names

[David M. Porritt]

Robert:

I guess I don't get it.  We already own the domain name "PTG.ORG"  How many
should we have?

dave
Chair, Electronic Communications Committee

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On 3/19/00 at 11:52 AM robert goodale wrote:

>There has been some talk going around these days regarding new
>web domain names.  Obviously most of the good .com names have
>already been taken.  A relatively new domain is emerging known as
>.cc.  For example, www.lovetheweb.cc.  These domain names are now
>widely up for sale.  Can anyone see the logic in a pianotech
>investing in a cc.?  It would seem that a way of registering a
>domain name yourself without the use of expensive brokers should
>be possible.  You sometimes here of stories of how someone made
>megabucks selling a domain name to some big company who wanted
>it.  The reality of course is such stories are far and few
>between and it probably isn't too bright to invest in a name just
>for the sake of doing so.  The brokers want quit a bit of change
>for registering names.  Any thoughts?
>
>Rob Goodale, RPT
>Las Vegas, NV




David M. Porritt
dporritt@swbell.net
Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75275