On Mié 16 May 2001 16:41, Joshua Nichols wrote:
> > > what does .to stand for, as in [EMAIL PROTECTED]?
> >
> > The island of Tonga.
>
> This could be a redundant reminder to many, but a few years back, Tonga
> realized that the four-or-so computers on their entire island did not
> really warrant a great need for domains. Hence, their governtment decided
> to start selling the somewhat attractive .to domain. I vaguely remember a
> follow up story in which they were able to pay off millions of dollars of
> debt to other countries from the proceeds of such sales.
>
> So, while a foo.to domain /could/ actually be from Tonga, chances are it
> belongs to some clever americans (go.to, iwant.to, etc).
>
>
> --joshua.
>
>
> DISCLAIMER: The use of hyperbole in this email should not be construed as
> any form of disrespect being shown or felt toward the people or government
> of Tonga. ;)
I think you got confussed with the domain .tv with got saled for many, many
millons. That was the island of tuvalu. :-)
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Cualquier administra un NT.
Ese es el problema, que cualquier administre.
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