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Turning dot-io into a gTLD is certainly seems like the best course of action, but I think it's far from likely that ICANN will do that considering that there ar

Turning dot-io into a gTLD is certainly seems like the best course of action, but I think it's far from likely that ICANN will do that considering that there are no other two-letter gTLDs.

andyjohnson0 2y ago
Why would the length of the domain name matter?
- toyg 2y ago
  because there are fewer combinations of two-letter codes. This is also why they are reserved to actual countries.
  - eli 2y ago
    Yeah but it's not like ISO is going to reuse the code "io" for some other future country.
    - toyg 2y ago
      You don't know that.
- kjs3 2y ago
  By policy, 2-letter TLDs are reserved for ccTLDs, matching ISO country codes.
- MobiusHorizons 2y ago
  There are not that many two letter codes (a comment said 26*26= 676) and they are reserved for country codes. Global tlds are three letters and up (eg com org etc)
  - CamperBob2 2y ago
    Well, this one is special, by virtue of being in widespread commercial use. ICANN will act in whatever manner causes them the least trouble, which will be to retain the status quo. They have absolutely no incentive to behave otherwise.
    - oarsinsync 2y ago
      > ICANN will act in whatever manner causes them the least trouble ... They have absolutely no incentive to behave otherwise It's pretty detrimental to relationships when one side pre-declares their rules and policies, and then arbitrarily decides to ignore them. I'd say they have a lot of incentive to behave in whatever way their published policies state, regardless of the impact to users of the cctld. (I don't know what the policies are)