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Subject: Re: .bc.ca domain park
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Date: Fri, 18-Sep-87 12:13:00 EDT
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In article <8709172332.AA15132@ephemeral.ai.toronto.edu>, rayan@ai.toronto.edu (Rayan Zachariassen) writes:
> We're in the final throes of doing this now. The registration forms
> etc. exist in draft form and have been discussed. I'm still trying
> to get the namespace split up in a consistent manner (anything that
> decreases the namespace explosion problem, is better than everything
> at the second level...), and things in general are progressing.

I thought there was a lot of support for second level organizational
domains expressed in this group over the last couple of months.
I support them, and don't see any problems with "namespace explosion".

Personal machines will most likely register as 3rd and 4th level domains
under domain parks, like the one Stuart Lynne suggested.

I can't see more than 20 to 40 sites capable (with an appropriate mailer)
of registering as second level domain under .ca if where avaible today.
In five years there might be a couple of hundred, not thousands as some suggest.

I assume there will be some real costs with running the .ca domain,
and a fee for second level domains. Is this the case?