Court shuts down '.usa' internet address scam
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A variety of defendants based in the U.S. and the United Kingdom launched an aggressive junk e-mail campaign that urged Internet users to sign up for the star-spangled addresses after the hijacking attacks of Sept. 11, the FTC said.
The messages linked to a Web site, (http://www.dotusa.com), that urged users to reserve addresses such as www.surfin.usa that did not work, the FTC said. The Web site also sold other fake domains, including .brit and .bet, the FTC said.
The FTC said it managed to secure a court order shutting down the Web site and preventing it from setting up offshore and at $59 per registration, the Web site probably took in at least $1 million.
Mexicans are also expected to warmly embrace broadband technologies over the next five years. Revenue derived from ADSL (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) service and from cable modem connections will increase at a compound annual rate of 85 percent and 35 percent, respectively, the Yankee Group said this week. ADSL and cable modem are broadband technologies that let users connect to the Internet at much higher speeds than are possible using regular dial-up service.
Consumers and small and medium-size businesses are the primary market for these two technologies, because service costs less than the dedicated lines large companies lease from carriers for high-speed Internet connections. Revenue from leased lines will actually drop at a compound rate of 2 percent over the same time period in México, according to the Yankee Group.