bounce.to....a web redirection service

[Gary Price]

tom:
i was about to write the same message to the list.
 
i did a quick search of hotbot (domain:to) and numrous .to 
sites exist that have nothing to do with Tonga.

A few for your enjoyment and trial

surf.to
home.to
www.chuck.usa.to
www.gamezone.to
server.to
video.to
toron.to  (clever?)
come.to
doorway.to

Gary D. Price, MLIS 
George Washington University
Virginia Campus
Washington, D.C. and Ashburn, VA    
 

On Thu, 4 Sep 1997, Thomas Dowling wrote:

> Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 14:53:08 -0700
> From: Thomas Dowling <tdowling at ohiolink.edu>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at library.berkeley.edu>
> Subject: Re: bounce.to....a web redirection service
> 
>  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/
> >
> >
> >
> >
>