.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:
- Minimize
intellectual property problems.
- Sequential,
thereby using the namespace more efficiently
- 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.
- Easily
utilized from Internet connected devices that do not have full keyboard
(for example, from numeric keypads).
- People
are used to using digits to contact communication devices.
- Most
devices do not need a “famous” or even memorable identity.
NUMERIC NAMES HAVE ADVANTAGES OVER IP ADDRESSES:
- A
domain names is easier to assign to a device than an IP address.
- A
Domain name is more portable - one second it can identify this device, the
next second it can identify that device.
- Individuals
can more easily “own” a domain name than they can an IP address.
- Registrants
can pick their numeric string in .ONE, whereas they do not get to choose
their IP address.
- 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.
- 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.
- Domain
names can be registered for long periods of time, via registration
renewal. Individuals do not “own”
their IP address.
- 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:
- Internet
Computer Bureau built the technical back-ends for over 30 ICANN accredited
registrars.
- Internet
ComputerBureau built the universal whois service located at
www.uwhois.com.
- Internet
Computer Bureau operates the registry system for 3 ccTLDs and has built
others.
- eNom,
an ICANN accredited registrar and subsidiary of WebVision, built its own
registrar system and has licensed parts of its software to two others.
- eNom
is performing over 100,000 registrations per month, putting it into the
“top-five” registrars in recent months.
- eNom
has over 600 resellers that use eNom’s registrar interface software to
register names into registry.
- 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.
- eNom
is certified to perform multi-lingual domain name registrations and is
participating in the Verisign test bed.
- 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
- $35
million in funding commitments from sources around the world (an
additional $10 million since the application was submitted).
- With
these investments, no dominant equity holder will control Group One
Registry.
- WebVision
is backed by Goldman Sachs, Freeman Spogli, TL Ventures, and others.
- Group
One Registry will contribute up to 35 percent of its profits for Internet
outreach and development around the world.
- 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