Your thoughts on .tel

[_Hotsauce_]

New .tel domain names will create world's largest phonebook
The public will get the chance to be part of the world's largest phone book when millions of new internet addresses go up for sale today.

Last Updated: 10:12AM GMT 03 Feb 2009
The .tel domain names will be available from this afternoon. They differ from other website addresses because they are meant to host individual entries that together will make up a vast virtual directory.
Companies and individuals are being encouraged to list their phone numbers, websites, postal addresses, e-mail addresses and even their Facebook details on their .tel page.
“.tel is your place on the internet, which will act like a switchboard.” Kash Mahdavi, the chief executive of Telnic, the London-based company that runs the .tel registry, told the Times.
“You can say, ‘Here are my Facebook details, here is my mobile number, and people will always be able to find you’.”
The sites are expected to be popular with businesses. But because the majority of the addresses will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis, meaning a local bistro is just as likely as a large chain to secure the address for itself.
Today, in the “landrush” part of the auction, all other names will be made available for purchase. Each costs about $300 (£210) for the first three years and $20 a year after that. They will become active at the end of this month.

Source
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sciencean...phonebook.html

And where you can buy them.

http://www.webnames.ca/tel/

Also, I think it seems incredibly stupid when you can do something like this.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-Oq-9enE-k

[Presto]

Wow... what a way to make money. I need to think of a new TLD and charge bucks for it.

[_Hotsauce_]

Also...Could do funny things, such as....

Don't.tel
Mo.tel
Ho.tel
etc

Or Barackobama.tel
Bradpit.tel

Turn around and sell them for big bucks if it ever got big

[InvisibleSoul]

Hmm... no thanks.