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TIL that Ford Motor Company owns a very large number of very large IP blocks

by tony_cannistra 4y ago

iancmceachern 4y ago
What do they intend to do with them?
- Eleison23 4y ago
  Park a Model T on each one.
- tnzk 4y ago
  Just parking.
thejosh 4y ago
Yeah a lot of surprising companies own a large amount of IP blocks. USPS for example - https://ipinfo.io/AS5774 https://ipinfo.io/AS5774
- oaiey 4y ago
  It is called early adopters. As in: in the 80s (??) A random admin wrote a well written email and got what he wanted for free. Now they are worth millions.
  - 0xbadcafebee 4y ago
    My company owns some large IP blocks from a while back; they are mulling over selling them since they aren't in use. But then someone internal says "what if we need them for XYZ", so the sale is delayed. Easier to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.
anyfactor 4y ago
TIL there are ".ford" and ".lincoln" TLDs https://ipinfo.io/AS3389#block-domains https://ipinfo.io/AS3389#block-domains https://nic.ford/ https://nic.ford/ https://nic.lincoln/ https://nic.lincoln/
- throw0101c 4y ago
  Well: > The evaluation fee is US$185,000. Applicants will be required to pay a US$5,000 deposit fee per requested application slot when registering. The deposit will be credited against the evaluation fee. Other fees may apply depending on the specific application path. See the section 1.5 of the Applicant Guidebook for details about the methods of payment, additional fees and refund schedules. * https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/global-support/faqs/faqs-en https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/global-support/faqs... There are cars that are more expensive than that, so setting up a new (g)TLD is really not that difficult or expensive for any moderately large organization. At this point, just about any random word in the dictionary has probably been made into a TLD: * https://data.iana.org/TLD/tlds-alpha-by-domain.txt https://data.iana.org/TLD/tlds-alpha-by-domain.txt
  - anyfactor 4y ago
    That is cheaper than some ".com" domain people are trying to sell.

TIL that Ford Motor Company owns a very large number of very large IP blocks

iancmceachern 4y ago

What do they intend to do with them?

Eleison23 4y ago
Park a Model T on each one.
tnzk 4y ago
Just parking.

thejosh 4y ago

Yeah a lot of surprising companies own a large amount of IP blocks. USPS for example - https://ipinfo.io/AS5774 https://ipinfo.io/AS5774

oaiey 4y ago
It is called early adopters. As in: in the 80s (??) A random admin wrote a well written email and got what he wanted for free. Now they are worth millions.
- 0xbadcafebee 4y ago
  My company owns some large IP blocks from a while back; they are mulling over selling them since they aren't in use. But then someone internal says "what if we need them for XYZ", so the sale is delayed. Easier to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

anyfactor 4y ago

TIL there are ".ford" and ".lincoln" TLDs https://ipinfo.io/AS3389#block-domains https://ipinfo.io/AS3389#block-domains https://nic.ford/ https://nic.ford/ https://nic.lincoln/ https://nic.lincoln/

throw0101c 4y ago
Well: > The evaluation fee is US$185,000. Applicants will be required to pay a US$5,000 deposit fee per requested application slot when registering. The deposit will be credited against the evaluation fee. Other fees may apply depending on the specific application path. See the section 1.5 of the Applicant Guidebook for details about the methods of payment, additional fees and refund schedules. * https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/global-support/faqs/faqs-en https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/global-support/faqs... There are cars that are more expensive than that, so setting up a new (g)TLD is really not that difficult or expensive for any moderately large organization. At this point, just about any random word in the dictionary has probably been made into a TLD: * https://data.iana.org/TLD/tlds-alpha-by-domain.txt https://data.iana.org/TLD/tlds-alpha-by-domain.txt
- anyfactor 4y ago
  That is cheaper than some ".com" domain people are trying to sell.