.ONE Fact Sheet

 

 

PURPOSE: to provide a globally unique identifier for any Internet connected device. 

 

.ONE is for numbers.  Names in .ONE will be strings that contain numeric characters.  The intended use of .ONE SLDs is to identify all Internet connected devices, not just web servers (as .com and most other TLDs have been branded and utilized).

 

ADVANTAGES OF NUMERIC DOMAIN NAMES FOR NAMING DEVICES:

 

  1. Minimize intellectual property problems.
  2. Sequential, thereby using the namespace more efficiently
  3. International -- most people know and use the 0-9 digits in the domain name strings.  No DNS modifications need to be made for numeric names to be utilized all over the world in different languages.
  4. Easily utilized from Internet connected devices that do not have full keyboard (for example, from numeric keypads).
  5. People are used to using digits to contact communication devices.
  6. Most devices do not need a “famous” or even memorable identity.

 

NUMERIC NAMES HAVE ADVANTAGES OVER IP ADDRESSES:

 

  1. A domain names is easier to assign to a device than an IP address.
  2. A Domain name is more portable - one second it can identify this device, the next second it can identify that device.
  3. Individuals can more easily “own” a domain name than they can an IP address.
  4. Registrants can pick their numeric string in .ONE, whereas they do not get to choose their IP address.
  5. There are fewer IP address possibilities than potential digit possibilities in .ONE.  With 10^61 possibilities for numeric names, the .ONE namespace will not run out.
  6. Non-Internet people are used to entering digits without dots.  It takes more keystrokes to enter an IP (for the same size space) than a numeric domain name.
  7. Domain names can be registered for long periods of time, via registration renewal.  Individuals do not “own” their IP address.
  8. A device can keep the same domain name – a static identity -- even though its IP address is dynamically assigned.  This will increases the IP address namespace efficiency.

 

.ONE IS SUPPORTED BY SUBSTANTIAL TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE:

 

  1. Internet Computer Bureau built the technical back-ends for over 30 ICANN accredited registrars.
  2. Internet ComputerBureau built the universal whois service located at www.uwhois.com.
  3. Internet Computer Bureau operates the registry system for 3 ccTLDs and has built others.
  4. eNom, an ICANN accredited registrar and subsidiary of WebVision, built its own registrar system and has licensed parts of its software to two others.
  5. eNom is performing over 100,000 registrations per month, putting it into the “top-five” registrars in recent months.
  6. eNom has over 600 resellers that use eNom’s registrar interface software to register names into registry.
  7. eNom also performs name server services (with hundreds of thousands of zone files in their name servers), URL redirection, and email forwarding for the names it registers.
  8. eNom is certified to perform multi-lingual domain name registrations and is participating in the Verisign test bed.
  9. WebVision has a large staff of experienced technical personnel and large, modern data centers.

 

GROUP ONE REGISTRY HAS THE BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO MAKE .ONE SUCCEED

 

  1. $35 million in funding commitments from sources around the world (an additional $10 million since the application was submitted).
  2. With these investments, no dominant equity holder will control Group One Registry.
  3. WebVision is backed by Goldman Sachs, Freeman Spogli, TL Ventures, and others.
  4. Group One Registry will contribute up to 35 percent of its profits for Internet outreach and development around the world.
  5. Group One Registry, as sponsoring organization, will be responsible for marketing, policy formulation, and customer support.  WebVision as registry operator will host and manage the technical functions of the registry.  This innovative business model will stimulate the entry of new competitors as registry operators, and allow the sponsoring organization to change registry operators without disrupting the DNS or registry system.

 

BRANDING: We don’t expect people to use a numeric SLD to brand popular websites.  We expect .ONE names will be used to identify devices.  There is a demand for ways to identify devices.

 

VISION AND NEED: The vision of .ONE is to create an infrastructure for innovative new services.  Without an open system to uniquely identify devices, we will quickly see a proliferation of closed, proprietary naming systems.  With .ONE, everyone who wants to contact a device can use the same DNS-based standard. 

 

DEVICES, NOT TELEPHONY: .ONE is not about telephony.  It is about supplying unique identities for devices.  Vint Cerf said, “I project that 900 million devices, independent of cell phones, will be connected to the Internet by 2006.”  [Domain Street magazine p 25.]  .ONE is for those devices.

 

ADVANCED FEATURES: .ONE will use advanced features like a fat registry and an enhanced RRP.  The price per name will be no more than six dollars, and less for volume registrations.  A startup period whereby names will be introduced beginning with 20 characters or more on “day one” followed by 19 on week 2, 18 on week 3, and so on. 

 

PROMOTES COMPETITION AND STABILITY  .ONE will promote competition by using the existing ICANN-accredited registrars, adding a technically qualified, well-financed new registry, and promoting and branding .ONE.

 

 

See www.grouponeregistry.com for the complete proposal