New On The Internet In 2002: Namescout Offers Dot-Name For People
WILMINGTON, Delaware and CANBERRA, Jan. 8 /CNW-AsiaNet/ -
People around the globe are now pre-registering their name on the net in the "landrush" phase of the world's newest
Internet domain registry.
Namescout.com, accredited in October as the world's first dot-name registrar, is now accepting pre-registrations from
individuals who wish to "put their name on the net". The first batch of registrations is to be processed in a matter of
days, with the first pre-registered dot-name domains usable on the Internet when they resolve around mid-January.
"One of the best new things on the net in the New Year is going to be dot- name" said Rob Hall, President of
Namescout.com. "Until now, people have had little choice but to compete with businesses and governments and other
organizations for dot-com, dot-biz and other Internet names. Over 40 million people and organizations around the world
have registered domain addresses of one sort or another, and that number is growing rapidly as Internet use continues to
explode. But dot-name is different - it is the first domain and e- mail address designed exclusively for individuals."
Moreover, with dot-name registrations, people gain an e-mail address that they can forward to whatever work or home
address they wish. "Think of it - an e-mail address you can use for life, and which is as easy for friends and family to
remember as your name," said Hall.
Pre-registrations for dot-name are now available online at: www.namescout.com
Namescout.com and sister company Internic.ca have been at the forefront of Internet development since the earliest
days. Namescout.com was recently accredited as the world's first registrar for the brand-new dot-name domain, and has
just been provisionally accredited by the Australian Domain Authority (auDA) as one of Australia's first wave of new
dot-au registrars. Internic.ca was Canada's first dot-ca accredited registrar and is now Canada's leading dot- ca
registrar. President and CEO Rob Hall was a leader in the two-year process of creating Canada's new Canadian Internet
Registration Authority (CIRA), and served as CIRA's founding Chair. Namescout.com and Internic.ca are owned by
Momentous.ca of Ottawa, Canada, and serve customers around the globe from offices in North America, Australia and the
Caribbean. Today, they are the world's only registrar group simultaneously accredited by ICANN, CIRA, auDA and the
Global Name Registry.
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