Around 1992, I applied for and obtained a .com domain name and a Class C network, free of charge, no expiration dates.
I had seen (probably on Usenet) a little tutorial about what information was expected in the applications and so I faked up a consulting company with a catchy name, and explained how our board met N times per year.
I was never once able to use the Class C - I worked for an ISP but I still didn't have enough clout to get a BGP announcement for my 28.8k SLIP dialup.
I think I sort of used the domain name, at least as a reply-to email address, but I don't remember operating authoritative NS or anything.
They were both eventually reaped. The Class C was under 192.x.x.x and surely was hot property within a few years. My boss engaged in a little speculation and snagged some really hot domain names, and probably did better than I had done.
I had seen (probably on Usenet) a little tutorial about what information was expected in the applications and so I faked up a consulting company with a catchy name, and explained how our board met N times per year.
I was never once able to use the Class C - I worked for an ISP but I still didn't have enough clout to get a BGP announcement for my 28.8k SLIP dialup.
I think I sort of used the domain name, at least as a reply-to email address, but I don't remember operating authoritative NS or anything.
They were both eventually reaped. The Class C was under 192.x.x.x and surely was hot property within a few years. My boss engaged in a little speculation and snagged some really hot domain names, and probably did better than I had done.