I would like some advice on the most appropriate top level domain. I see 3 alternatives: 1. Creation of a new top level domain. They already proposed eur Considering the status of the European Community, such a request looks reasonable to me. Yet another non-standard (non-ISO3166) top level domain? Yech! Who is going to register it? Who is going to manage it? Who can register it? It's opening a can of worms...

If you think thats funny then check this one out: whois -h nic.ddn.mil "ec.org" Commission of the European Communities (EC1-DOM) Directorate-general Telecommunications, Information Industry and Innovation. Rue de la loi, 200 B-1049 Brussel, Belgium Domain Name: EC.ORG Administrative Contact: Mullender, Sape (SM3383) Mullender@cs.utwente.nl +31 53 89 3709 Technical Contact, Zone Contact: Vogels, Werner (WV33) werner@inesc.pt +351 1 3100316 Record last updated on 20-Feb-92. Domain servers in listed order: FREYA.INESC.PT 146.193.4.36 HELIOS.CS.UTWENTE.NL 130.89.15.6 To see this host record with registered users, repeat the command with a star ('*') before the name; or, use '%' to show JUST the registered users. Yes - we told them it might not be a good idea in the long term but what can you do.... Dave