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[Alfredo]

Originally Posted by Brands-and-Jingles

As to .tv - if the government of Tuvalu publishes how much money they make, all 12,373 inhabitants of the island would like to get substantial share of the revenues. So this justifies the secrecy, in the bureaucrats' eye at least.

I saw a documentary on travel channel recently. Tuvalu has economic problems.

They need to build dams. Many beaches lost their sandy. Inside the island have cracks.
The airport is close for 4 months and the planes can't land because the runway is flooded. Receives only two flights a week from Fiji. The don't have tourism.
Authorities seeking funding but nobody listen.
The population is afraid of a possible tsunami.

Anyway the prices of domains are variable (premiums, regular, discounts). What matters is knowing how many domains are registered. Other gTLds or ccTLDs published stats. Are they afraid?

[Brands-and-Jingles]

As to Tuvalu, indeed, the islands are under high risk of sinking into Pacific. They have even tried to buy a piece of Australia, but ausis declined a helping hand.

Certain.ly the government has accumulated some cash for this potential case of emergency but is not willing to let it be distributed among the people.

Well, for the in-depth picture we need to find some true Tuvalian.

I only hope that ccTLD does not disappear if the country ceases to exist.

[Alfredo]

Originally Posted by Brands-and-Jingles

I only hope that ccTLD does not disappear if the country ceases to exist.

I don't believe that. We have the precedent of the .su domains.

[Brands-and-Jingles]

Originally Posted by Alfredo

I don't believe that. We have the precedent of the .su domains.

There are other precedents, e.g., .cs which was dropped twice.

However I agree, with all international audience, .tv will remain generic - no doubt. This was _never_ a ccTLD in its way.

As .me is 90% International too - the same story:
.ME of course ***171; Why .ME will always be international

[dnaffiliates]

What are the ICANN rules for that? How can a registry hold back names when they are a public registry? THis is a monopoly which I believe violates anit-trust law.

[Brands-and-Jingles]

Each country sets its own rules. Try to talk to governments... I prefer to do other things