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| | |country = USA | ||
| | |date_founded = 2000 | ||
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| | |focus = Internet | ||
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|ownership = [https://www.idealab.com/index.php#main_top_anchor Idealab] | |||
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|website = https://web.archive.org/web/20120210195641/https://www.new.net// | |||
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}}'''New.net''' was an [[Alt-Root]] project that was relatively successful (enjoying partnerships with several mainstream Internet companies and many small startups) for just over eight years. Ultimately, legal and public opinion troubles spelled the company's demise. The startup was based in Pasadena, California, out of [[Idealab]],<ref>[https://www.idealab.com/all_companies.php All Companies, Idealab]</ref> and was initially funded by Bill Gross,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060926113318/http://www.new.net/news_release_1.tp “Start-Up Will Sell Web Addresses To Bypass Internet Bureaucracy,” ''WSJ'', New.net Press Room, Web Archive] Accessed 07/27/2022</ref> and ran from 2000 to 2012. Common hosts included Kazaa, iMesh, Limewire, and Gnutella. By the end of its run, New.net provided alternative (non-ICANN) TLDs in six languages. There were [https://web.archive.org/web/20051124194236/http://www.new.net/about_us_partners.tp many partners in the early 2000s], and some early adopters were: Atlanta, Excite@Home Corp, NetZero, Earthlink, and Wannado.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060926113318/http://www.new.net/news_release_1.tp “Start-Up Will Sell Web Addresses To Bypass Internet Bureaucracy,” ''WSJ'', New.net Press Room, Web Archive] Accessed 07/27/2022</ref> | }}'''New.net''' was an [[Alt-Root]] project that was relatively successful (enjoying partnerships with several mainstream Internet companies and many small startups) for just over eight years. Ultimately, legal and public opinion troubles spelled the company's demise. The startup was based in Pasadena, California, out of [[Idealab]],<ref>[https://www.idealab.com/all_companies.php All Companies, Idealab]</ref> and was initially funded by Bill Gross,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060926113318/http://www.new.net/news_release_1.tp “Start-Up Will Sell Web Addresses To Bypass Internet Bureaucracy,” ''WSJ'', New.net Press Room, Web Archive] Accessed 07/27/2022</ref> and ran from 2000 to 2012. Common hosts included Kazaa, iMesh, Limewire, and Gnutella. By the end of its run, New.net provided alternative (non-ICANN) TLDs in six languages. There were [https://web.archive.org/web/20051124194236/http://www.new.net/about_us_partners.tp many partners in the early 2000s], and some early adopters were: Atlanta, Excite@Home Corp, NetZero, Earthlink, and Wannado.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060926113318/http://www.new.net/news_release_1.tp “Start-Up Will Sell Web Addresses To Bypass Internet Bureaucracy,” ''WSJ'', New.net Press Room, Web Archive] Accessed 07/27/2022</ref> | ||