On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 12:53 PM, Daniel Karrenberg <dfk@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > john, > > ... > > Conversely it would be problematic now to have three letter ASCII ccTLDs > unless there is a clear agreement with ISO that they will never allocate > a three letter code that already exists as a gTLD. Afaik there are no > clashes right now, but past results are not a guarantee for the future. COM is the three letter code for the Comoros Islands. I believe it is also used by a few entities as their TLD :-) > It is never a good idea to have two 'authorities' over one part of a > name space. > > dfk Thanks, Donald