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Another Alternative Root TLD .USA slated to bilk the Unskilled Masses
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i wonder what every happened to good old john palmer? maybe he gave his .usa registry away?
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As a Brit (non-lawyer) living in the US, I can tell you that UK/EU consumer protection law appears to be way more balanced in favor of the consumer than Stateside. Either that, or the US has way more con-artists than over the pond.
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I was able to bring up web pages from .usa sites without any changes to my browsers (Konqueror and Internet Explorer 6). Of course, that's probably because I use one of the inclusive root systems.
% telnet map.usa 80
Trying 209.204.39.104...
Connected to map.usa.
Escape character is '^]'.
get
<DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">
<HTML>≶HEAD>
<TITLE>501 Method Not Implemented</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<H1>Method Not Implemented</H1>
get to / not supported.<P>
Invalid method in request get<P>
<HR>
<ADDRESS>Apache/1.3.14 Server at www.123.usa Port 80</ADDRESS>
</BODY></HTML>
Connection closed by foreign host.
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I am having visions of an unrelated (I hope) company that made bold promises. Remember XTNS?
Anyway, lets take a look at:
http://www.dotusa.com/faq.phtml
For each .usa domain name registered there is an annual fee of $59 [Fifty Nine Bucks! - are you kidding?]
As soon as you register a .usa domain name, it is stored on a Network of Global DNS servers until activation in 2002 [Is this because the technology to resolve these "domains" doesnt exist now? Are we simply being sold a promise? Like I said, we have seen this before]
Why not pay $10.00 for a .info, .biz or .com that works now? If you want to be patriotic, spend that $10.00 with an American registrar and donate the $49.00 you saved to your favorite charity or use it to support our military men and women.
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This sounds like a scam to me. .USA is not based in the USA, it is not supported by ICANN, requires a browser plug in (which means it will never become fully accepted like the new tlds .info & .biz) and is more worthless than some cctld names.
Save your money on extensions that work.
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http://www.adns.net
Free Yourself and Your Website from the .COM Rut
Define Yourself or Be Defined
Welcome to AGN Domain Name Service
Register your .USA, .EARTH, .Z or .AMERICA Domain Today
only $14.95/year
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And now I'm receiving SPAMvertising from dotusa trying to sell their non-domains.
What a class operation.
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Looks like the same people in the UK who launched the fake ".sex" registry. Same promises, same price per name per annum.
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