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I like it. A reviewer says, "shouting numbers in a crowded bar isn't a particularly fun sport". Exactly (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m50xrDcj0fc).

I'm a big fan of the .tel TLD for this, and other reasons: publish contact information dynamically, it's fast, reliable, gives you fine grained privacy controls, etc. etc.

I don't understand why this hasn't really caught on yet. The implications for the telco market would be huge if more people used DNS to its full potential.



Hasn't caught on because it isn't simple. I hardly think dealing with registrars is an activity people relish. Startup Idea?


That's a very good point, although it's changing; specialist registrars/resellers, directory publishers, and VOIP companies are all showing interest now. But I was thinking more about early adopters - the type of people who hang out on HN and register domains in their sleep :)




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