Niue WiFi Network Gone, .nu TLD May Follow

gxc writes "The world's first free national wireless grid is no longer with us, after waves from Cyclone Heta swept over Niue's thirty metre cliffs, destroying everything. Although only one person died, the damage is so bad that there is talk of winding up the country , meaning their fortuitous ccTLD could go the way of .su. Perhaps the easiest way for Slashdotters to help Niue would be to choose a .nu domain over the dull alternatives."

Comments

sounds familiar

[Anonymous Coward]

They want sovereignty but want New Zealanders
to continue paying all their bills...

Re:TLD vanishing?

[frovingslosh]

The .nu TLD already had probably thousands of domains per inhabitant as I'm sure other small countries do as well.

I don't know how many domain registerations it has, but I do know that the people there take that money and give themselves free luxuries like wireless Internet access with it, while expecting the New Zeland taxpayers to give them another $8 million a year. I see no reason to help them stay independent.

Re:and the point of that would be?

[Saint Stephen]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It used to be Nicaragua and those poor South American communists that gave the left fits. This Jew-hating fad of the left has flavor of the week written all over it, will the last jerkoff protesting it please shut out the lights.

Re:and the point of that would be?

[man_ls]

I agree that the aid should stop...but it would be unfair to leave them defenseless.

We should pay off Israel to kill every Palestinian alive...after all, they might some day pose a threat to our "national security" and they probably have ties to Al Queda too.

Re:Oh.nu! (The Libertarian Response)

[Cruxus]

Wah, wah, wah! I guess you and the Government of Niue aren't exactly libertarians. Maybe a shady group of profiteers did usurp Niue's ccTLD: Does that make it right for Niue to take it back? No! It's an axiom of libertarianism that private enterprise is more efficient than the state, and now these genius entrepreneurs have made the .nu ccTLD more profitable than a dinky island nation ever could!

I'm really tired of all these left-wing radicals coming to Slashdot, telling a sob story to try to persuade everyone that the free market isn't always right. If the Government of Niue were in the right, the market would find a way to correct this error! Don't you see?

I'll break out of libertarian ideology for a moment, though, and engage in a small amount of socialism: I believe the Government of Niue should be able to apply to the IANA for a new ccTLD, maybe a long ccTLD like .niue as punishment for not protecting their valuable asset in the first place. Note I did not say the IANA has to grant the GON's wish.