on 7/31/2002 7:24 PM Christian Huitema wrote:
Split .COM in two, both halves will be very the asymptote, both would
generate almost the same load on the root as the previous combination.
If a truly generic TLD such as .com were randomly split, sure. You're less
correct for categorical classifications (.com versus .edu again).
This is not a call for a categorization of TLDs, although self-forming
categorizations would likely emerge from a free market.
Adding more TLD and splitting the existing load across these new TLD
would definitely have an impact on the root.
The number of queries would definitely go up, but not to a harmful level.
If it were that bad, we would have consolidated the ccTLDs long ago.
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