or DHS International
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where you can register domains in
> the name of your choice in the 'n3.net' top level and a few other top > levels.
".net" is the "top" level.
or SMARTDOTS
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where you can register domains in the name
> of your choice in the top level '.tc'
I think that they actually own about 25 domains such as "at.tc" and "net.tc", and offer subdomains. I have a few sub-subdomains there myself, though I'm converting them to .com since Google doesn't seem to index them. ".tc" is the national top-level domain for the Turks & Calicos Islands.
[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: You are correct; it is '.net' and not 'n3.net' which is the top level. 'n3' is one underneath it. I thank you for telling me the geographic location of '.tc' and I believe that '.tf' is somewhere in the southern part of the Indian Ocean. I do not know where '.tt' is located, nor '.tv' although the latter is used by many television stations/networks in the USA for their web sites. I think the way Google gets around to indexing those is if you have approval for (and install script) on your pages there using Ad Sense. As soon as Google gets a call for ads on pages there, they also index those pages. I do know that _identical_ pages referenced via (for example) '.us.tf' or '.net.tf' get different Google ads than when the same pages are called via '.com' or '.org'. You'll see this in action if you request 'telecom-digest.us.tf' instead of 'telecom-digest.org'. I think the hassle is you are in the USA, not in Turks & Calicos, so you see (mostly) the index intended for USA viewers; I'll wager if you were in T&C you would get a somehat different index also, but I am not positve on that. How do you like being able to self-service register your sites on '.tc'? No fees, no registrar, no validation of any kind required. That's the part I think I like best about all my sites there. You register a site, no propogation required; it is immediatly available, that _instant_. PAT]