On Thu, 18 May 2000, Ian Tester wrote:
> > Want some weird ones? The country top-level domains like .FM (formosa) and
> > .CD (whatever) have been hijacked by Yanks wanting to promote FM radio
> > stations and compact disc sales companies. I kid you not.
>
> .TV (tuvo...something...) was just sold earlier this year to a Canadian TV
> station. Chrismas island also did something similar with .cx. Lots of
> litle islands and stuff are being given their own TLD's and then selling
> them off because they don't need them (yet?).
Tonga is the best one.
All those URL's which look like
http://come.to/mysite
are registered Tongan domains.
Good little money spinner for a poorer nation, I expect.
DaZZa
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