On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 11:02:32PM -0400, Joe Abley wrote: I don't get that. Why is "nbnz.co.nz" simpler and more logical than "national.bank.nz"? Is "asbbank.co.nz" easier to remember than "asb.bank.nz"? A wider issue perhaps, but something that exists with the .com name-space too. How does one find National Car Rentals as I had to recently? Or indeed anything with a generic name? I always use google... it seems to work great. For me it doesn't matter then what the domains are... google allows me to find the right people with so little effort these days. The restriction of registrations under the existing second-level labels has no technical basis, given that most names are under co.nz anyway. This presupposes having more 2LDs under .NZ at present is effortless. I don't know the software involved, but perhaps there are practical issues there such as the name-sever administrators having to reconfigure bind config each time? One assumes this is effortless and reliable, but it may not be the case at all. Since all the existing 2LD .NZ name-servers are also name-servers for .NZ --- maybe there should be only one .NZ 'zone' and the SOA gets to decide and dictate the structure completely? No administration is therefore required by Xtra, TelstraCLEAR, whomever. --cw - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog