bounce.to....a web redirection service

[Thomas Dowling]

 Did a top-level "TO" domain come into existence while I was taking my nap?
Or does this rely on DNS hackery a la Alternic?

Thomas Dowling
OhioLINK - Ohio Library and Information Network
tdowling at ohiolink.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Scott <scottp at moondog.usask.ca>
To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at library.berkeley.edu>
Date: Thursday, September 04, 1997 4:49 PM
Subject: bounce.to....a web redirection service



>>From the press release:
>
>"It's official - the first service of its kind has opened on the Internet,
>and is already creating massive interest.  Founder of the new 'web
>redirection' service bounce.to (http://bounce.to/), Miles Burke, explains;
>'Up until now, anyone who wanted a short, life-long web address for their
>site had to pay for the privilege - and pay well!  With over 500,000 .com
>and .net domain names in use, the best ones have all been taken...'"
>
>To see if it works (and it does) I have set up my home page to be
>redirected from:
>
>http://www.bounce.to/peterscott/
>
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