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Honeywell calls it quits on fresh top level domain name

Honeywell calls it quits on fresh top level domain name

Firm tells domain name overseer that it doesn’t want .Honeywell anymore.

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American conglomerate Honeywell (NYSE: HON) has decided it doesn’t want to run its own top level domain name following all.

The firm informed (pdf) ICANN last month that it wishes to terminate its agreement to run .honeywell as a top level domain name. The firm never used the domain; the only second level domain name it registered under .Honeywell was the obligatory nic.honeywell.

.Honeywell was the only domain name the conglomerate applied for.

The firm joins others that have belatedly decided they didn’t want to operate fresh top level domains, counting McDonald’s and Emerson.

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