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Username: jefsey
Date/Time: Sat, November 4, 2000 at 7:39 PM GMT
Browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer V5.5 using Windows 98
Score: 5
Subject: I stringly OPPOSE the ".tel" concept

Message:
 

There is a misunderstanding about what telephone services may be on the internet and what an average user may expect from a ".tel" address.

Let assume the address "http://12001234567.tel"

This address is an http protocol adress: people are assuming accessing a web page.

The address ftp://120012345678.tel is an ftp adress: people are assuming dowloading a file.

Telephony is a service. To call the IBM operator, I am expecting to use the adress "tel://ibm.com". Any other system would be:

-  misleading
-  a costly duplication of existing resources
-  anti-novative.

Jefsey Morfin
UTEL


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