| Domain names are currently based on the Latin | | | | English people understanding the new domains |
| alphabet. This is great for English speaking countries | | | | I've seen many different character sets when using |
| such as the United States, United Kingdom and | | | | keywords in cybercafes while traveling around. |
| Australia but what about countries that have their | | | | Sometimes you are only in a country for a few days |
| own characters. | | | | before moving on. I just do not know how outsiders |
| It is estimated that more than half of the 1.6 billion | | | | will be able to use these domains. Having an English |
| Internet users online today use non-Latin characters | | | | domain name as well is just going to double up on |
| in their language. These people will be able to register | | | | everything. |
| domain names in their local language very soon. | | | | English people have been very lucky on the Internet. |
| Will this just be another revenue raising exercise | | | | Imagine if the Internet was all in Chinese? Everyone |
| where companies have to register more domain | | | | would have to learn Chinese otherwise they would |
| names to protect their intellectual property? | | | | not be able to do much on the Internet. |
| Support languages | | | | Conclusion |
| There is 17 languages to be introduced include Arabic, | | | | The technical work involved to accomplish this is a bit |
| Hebrew, Japanese and Chinese plus more. | | | | like introducing IPv6. These are both mighty tasks |
| I think it's going to be very confusing when | | | | which I think need to be overcome to continue the |
| advertising these international domain names. They | | | | growth of the Internet and open it up to more |
| will obviously be geographically targeted but also | | | | communities. |
| towards the locals only. | | | | |