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Originally Posted by theog
Tell me, in very specific detail, what a .tel can do that a .com cannot with the "underlying architecture and technology?"
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While I'm really happy to have a go at this, its a pretty broad question. Can I begin with a with a couple of existing starting points that will probably do a better job than I can succinctly achieve, at least to get going?
The first is a Telnic document that I think does a good job of explaining the underlying concept and technology succinctly, without getting too technical. You can grab a PDF of it here:
http://www.webnames.ca/downloads/Tel_Technology.pdf
The second is to try the demo. I set up another demo account myself this afternoon to give vans an opportunity to try the friending process and noted that it took just over 90 seconds to apply, get my credentials and be logged in to enter my details. My hope is that the demo would give you a better sense of exactly what it does than my description could - and its very distinct from .COM. You can sign up for the demo at
http://www.telnic.com/vip
Feel free to visit
http://matthewlane.vip.tel and send me a friending message if you want to see how that component works. You'll notice there's no data there before I accept the friending message, but after you'll see half a dozen entries. I can also send you a screen shot of how this appears if you access it using the Blackberrry plugin.
I'm really not trying to dodge your question and am happy to discuss and argue the pros and cons of .TEL ad infinitum (or even ad nauseum if my friends and colleagues are to be believed), but these two things should give you a really solid and fast intro to how it differs from traditional uses of TLDs and exactly what it does. From there we can discuss/argue the details and merits - or lack thereof.
