.tel available

**PromoJunkie** · Apr 2nd, 2009, 1:07 am

The landrush period for .tel domains ended last month. It's open for usual customers now. so, anyone planning to get hands on it? The price is a meagre $8.95 at Name.com

**greenrose** · Apr 2nd, 2009, 1:12 am

I think yes, it is the future

**PromoJunkie** · Apr 2nd, 2009, 3:00 am

Originally Posted by greenrose

I think yes, it is the future

hmm.. didn't quite understand what you meant.

**eugen** · Apr 2nd, 2009, 6:32 am

I don't see any reason for buying this extension ... you can't host sites on .tel domains.

You can only define your personal details ( email, name, phone, web etc ) through DNS records which will generate a page like a business card.

**eddy** · Apr 2nd, 2009, 8:22 am

Its a waste as you are not gonna make sites on that

**Halobitt** · Apr 2nd, 2009, 4:53 pm

Originally Posted by greenrose

I think yes, it is the future

Telephones are so last century. :blah: Just wait until they make an extension for mobile phones.

Oops they already did (.mobi), and look how farcical that was.:brooding: Just a money making exercise if you ask me. Pish.

**Hurley4540** · Apr 2nd, 2009, 10:59 pm

.tel is a glorified parking page, and also is going to be renamed .fail

**PromoJunkie** · Apr 3rd, 2009, 6:24 pm

Originally Posted by Hurley4540

.tel is a glorified parking page, and also is going to be renamed .fail

Lesse if it really does fail

**fast1** · Apr 12th, 2009, 9:11 am

why do you think it will fail?

**GCM** · Apr 16th, 2009, 8:03 am

IMO, it is in a way useful for people who want all their contact info in some simple page. I hope the registry does open it up to more use though. You can't even create an email on that tld.