Ah, but some are ... for trademark or brand protection usually. I know _one_ company that paid $140k just for domain names related to a rebranding effort.
/TJ -----Original Message----- From: Brandon Butterworth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 6:59 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: ICANN opens up Pandora's Box of new TLDs > And no, companies *aren't* "forced to pay for another domain name" > just because a new TLD appears -- they aren't doing it *now*