The state of .tel in 2012

kate · #1 (**permalien**) 13/03/2012, 22h50

It’s still there. Really.

.Tel has been quiet, at least in the domainer community, for quite some time. There are a couple good reasons for this: you can’t park .tel domains and no one is getting rich trying to resell them for a profit.

The company sent out its latest newsletter today and it has some interesting data.

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The state of .tel in 2012 - Domain Name Wire

inonuffin · #2 (**permalien**) 14/03/2012, 01h50

Well, that says it all

"I’ve long thought that .tel is an over-technicalized solution geared at non-techies, and this is a prime example. Granted, there are plenty of third party solutions to develop your .tel domain. But why is a third party necessary? .Tel should be easy. It’s not."

kate · #3 (**permalien**) 14/03/2012, 23h27

Yep, the article hit the nail on the head.
.tel domains are very limited and using the more 'advanced' features involves technical steps you'd expect from Internet techies.
When you think of it, .tel was supposed to be so easy and user-friendly your grandma could use it...

.tel was an attempt at implementing minitel on a TLD

inonuffin · #4 (**permalien**) 15/03/2012, 01h44

Envoyé par kate

.tel was an attempt at implementing minitel on a TLD

Not an easy task obviously