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The Product
After the introduction of phone and internet services .tel is probably one of the most important inventions for the merger of phone and internet.
Central feature of .tel is the storage of all data inside of the DNS. The problem with this ability is nobody is able to see this benefit as long the DNS is not used as central interface for data exchange.
People who get in touch with .tel see only a limited website service, but .tel is so much more.
Since phone and internet are growing together, there is no other technical solution that supports fast communication, automatic data exchange and direct accessibility better than .tel.
Even the introduction of almost 2,000 new TLD won't change the fact the concept for using the DNS is unique.
The Past
Okay, the past development has been disappointing for all customers (including domain investors and end users) and for Telnic themselves.
After millions of registrations have been expected in the early years activities have been reduced a lot from all sides.
This is caused by the difficulties to recognize the benefits of .tel for most internet users. .tel looks very boring in comparison to common websites and beside a few early adopters nobody really knows about the additional functionalities .tel can be used for.
The Present
Telnic have adjusted their strategy to the lack of success and are moving on with much slower speed.
They trust on registrars to develop complemented services for .tel, but Telnic doesn't provide a complete service themselves.
For the old control panel adequate website design is missing; for Telnames subdomains are missing.
In this situation it is very clear nobody will be able to make any kind of money with .tel during the next approximately 5 years.
The Future
Do you remember the launch of the first TLD in the eighties? .com stayed unknown for the public at least for 10 years before it have become a big success.
Very often new technologies need long time until they can be implemented into advanced technologies.
For .tel it is the same. It has the potential to replace phone numbers. If this vision will become reality, every human on this planet could demand to own a .tel.
Even it can last decades until this scenario will become reality the chance for it is big.
The Conclusion
Due to the slow software development and the cancelation of every communication from Telnic I have lost my interest in developing websites for .tel completely since 2009.
In addition due to the low general awareness level for .tel I currently don't see any benefit it providing any content on .tel, because who will visit them anyway?
I've reduced my activities for .tel to a minimum (exactly like Telnic) and that will stay this way until Telnic will become active again or .tel will reach mainstream through different measures.
I'm also asking myself why should I invest any time since nothing can be heard from Telnic since long.
So after cleaning my portfolio I'm putting all my .tel into the closet and will bring them out again when the time for .tel has come.
I'm still probably one of the strongest believer in .tel, and people will call me crazy for this believe. I don't mind!
We speak again in 10 years!
After the introduction of phone and internet services .tel is probably one of the most important inventions for the merger of phone and internet.
Central feature of .tel is the storage of all data inside of the DNS. The problem with this ability is nobody is able to see this benefit as long the DNS is not used as central interface for data exchange.
People who get in touch with .tel see only a limited website service, but .tel is so much more.
Since phone and internet are growing together, there is no other technical solution that supports fast communication, automatic data exchange and direct accessibility better than .tel.
Even the introduction of almost 2,000 new TLD won't change the fact the concept for using the DNS is unique.
The Past
Okay, the past development has been disappointing for all customers (including domain investors and end users) and for Telnic themselves.
After millions of registrations have been expected in the early years activities have been reduced a lot from all sides.
This is caused by the difficulties to recognize the benefits of .tel for most internet users. .tel looks very boring in comparison to common websites and beside a few early adopters nobody really knows about the additional functionalities .tel can be used for.
The Present
Telnic have adjusted their strategy to the lack of success and are moving on with much slower speed.
They trust on registrars to develop complemented services for .tel, but Telnic doesn't provide a complete service themselves.
For the old control panel adequate website design is missing; for Telnames subdomains are missing.
In this situation it is very clear nobody will be able to make any kind of money with .tel during the next approximately 5 years.
The Future
Do you remember the launch of the first TLD in the eighties? .com stayed unknown for the public at least for 10 years before it have become a big success.
Very often new technologies need long time until they can be implemented into advanced technologies.
For .tel it is the same. It has the potential to replace phone numbers. If this vision will become reality, every human on this planet could demand to own a .tel.
Even it can last decades until this scenario will become reality the chance for it is big.
The Conclusion
Due to the slow software development and the cancelation of every communication from Telnic I have lost my interest in developing websites for .tel completely since 2009.
In addition due to the low general awareness level for .tel I currently don't see any benefit it providing any content on .tel, because who will visit them anyway?
I've reduced my activities for .tel to a minimum (exactly like Telnic) and that will stay this way until Telnic will become active again or .tel will reach mainstream through different measures.
I'm also asking myself why should I invest any time since nothing can be heard from Telnic since long.
So after cleaning my portfolio I'm putting all my .tel into the closet and will bring them out again when the time for .tel has come.
I'm still probably one of the strongest believer in .tel, and people will call me crazy for this believe. I don't mind!
We speak again in 10 years!
