At 09:38 AM 12/07/99 +1000, you wrote:
>On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 11:56:18AM +1000, Robert Brockway wrote:
>| I sent this yesterday but it hasn't appeared on the list after nearly 24
>| hours, so I'm resending.  Appologies if anyone gets this twice.
>| 
>| ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>| Hi all.  Has anyone looked at this as a prospect.  .com.au (like .com) is
>| one of the busiest domains and yet it is one of the few which lacks
>| geographic sub-domains (eg, qld.gov.au,nsw.edu.au,etc).  I've recently had
>| to register a .com.au domain which wasn't quite what I wanted, when a
>| qld.com.au domain would have done well.
>| 
>| .com.au is filling fast and this seems like a suitable way to increase
>| the available namespace without too much hassle (and it is consistent with
>| other aussie TLDs).
>| 
>| Thoughts, comments, flames?


I also think that this is an excellent idea worth considering especially
for the plethora of tourist and other 'regional' type identities.
As long as the sub domain level did not become compulsory.



Ben Morrisson 
Webmaster and Systems Administrator
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