🚀 go-pugleaf

emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti) writes:

> Because there are any number of people who will give Mr Rubble a domain
> address, running the gamut from big commercial sites who will charge quite
> a bit to small commercial sites which will charge somewhat less to "domain
> parks" which will charge nothing at all, ...

You're right about the two for-fee alternatives, but who is there that's
willing to forward at no cost?  All the domain parks around here want some
money for this.  I've seen exactly 1 public volunteer to be a forwarder for
the world (Karl Kleinpaste at OSU, and he's no longer there).  In general,
free forwarders are few and far between, even in an Internet-rich area like
eastern MA.  People in Nebraska or Idaho had better have a lot of cash
available to reach a potential forwarder.

Will MSEN volunteer itself as a free forwarder?

I think we're going to be stuck with bang paths and host.UUCP addresses for
a long time to come.

To add something constructive to this discussion: we're willing to be a
forwarder and nameserver for any UUCP site in northern New England who
wants a domain name (anyone who doesn't mind the inherent insecurity of
connecting to a site that's still in chapter 11, anyway).

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