[ale] I own xfınıty.com, what should I do with it

[Richard Bronosky]

I purchased xf?n?ty.com (notice how their logo has no dots on the i
characters) the moment I saw the logo almost a year ago. It's about to
expire, so now I'm forced to decide what to do with it. I meant to
point it at a page describing the evils of encrypted cable and how it
crushes competition, prevents innovation, and stagnates improvements
in the user experience. Clearly, I never did it.

So, what should I do with it?

[Ron Frazier]

You could try to auction it off on sedo.com or a similar place, but you
might end up being sued by Comcast. What are those "i" characters
anyway?

Ron

Post by Richard Bronosky
I purchased xf?n?ty.com (notice how their logo has no dots on the i
characters) the moment I saw the logo almost a year ago. It's about to
expire, so now I'm forced to decide what to do with it. I meant to
point it at a page describing the evils of encrypted cable and how it
crushes competition, prevents innovation, and stagnates improvements
in the user experience. Clearly, I never did it.
So, what should I do with it?

[wolf]

Sell it to comcast, or put up an xfinity customer-service nightmares
site.
I would help out if you want to do the latter. Just for fun.
Wolf

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Bronosky <Richard at bronosky.com>
Reply-to: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org>
Subject: [ale] I own xf?n?ty.com, what should I do with it
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 16:14:50 -0500


I purchased xf?n?ty.com (notice how their logo has no dots on the i
characters) the moment I saw the logo almost a year ago. It's about to
expire, so now I'm forced to decide what to do with it. I meant to
point it at a page describing the evils of encrypted cable and how it
crushes competition, prevents innovation, and stagnates improvements
in the user experience. Clearly, I never did it.

So, what should I do with it?



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[Chuck Peters]

Post by Richard Bronosky
I purchased xf?n?ty.com (notice how their logo has no dots on the i
characters) the moment I saw the logo almost a year ago. It's about to
expire, so now I'm forced to decide what to do with it. I meant to
point it at a page describing the evils of encrypted cable and how it
crushes competition, prevents innovation, and stagnates improvements
in the user experience. Clearly, I never did it.
So, what should I do with it?

Your original idea sounds like the best one.

In my opinion offering to sell it is a bad idea. Comcast will likely just
say get the bastard to their lawyers. An alternative to selling it would be
to give it to someone or some organization (ie. EFF or
http://www.publicknowledge.org) with the intent of following up on your
original idea.

A site about customer service issues just won't have the same impact of the
larger issues the evils of encrypted cable, monopolies and the general
anti-competitive crap we see in so many industries today.

And things like Comcast buying NBC is likely to make it worse, not better.


Chuck
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[Michael Potter]

Post by Richard Bronosky
I purchased xf?n?ty.com (notice how their logo has no dots on the i
characters) the moment I saw the logo almost a year ago. It's about to
expire, so now I'm forced to decide what to do with it. I meant to
point it at a page describing the evils of encrypted cable and how it
crushes competition, prevents innovation, and stagnates improvements
in the user experience. Clearly, I never did it.
So, what should I do with it?

Let it expire or get a Lawyer.
If you keep it they will eventually find you and haul you into federal court.
You will want the lawyer to give you advice on what you can put on the
site to make it litigation proof.

These guys seem to have figured it out: http://www.comcastsucks.org/

[Jim Kinney]

Give it to pirate bay :-)

Post by Richard Bronosky
I purchased xf?n?ty.com (notice how their logo has no dots on the i
characters) the moment I saw the logo almost a year ago. It's about to
expire, so now I'm forced to decide what to do with it. I meant to
point it at a page describing the evils of encrypted cable and how it
crushes competition, prevents innovation, and stagnates improvements
in the user experience. Clearly, I never did it.
So, what should I do with it?
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