Today we received a Press release proudly announcing that over 150 Brands registered a .Boston new gTLD domain in the Sunrise period which was opened to trademark holders and certain rights holders in Boston.

The PR has a subtitle “Strong pace with .BOSTON domains! – More than 150 brands getting ready with their .BOSTON web domains.”

Well with a population of almost 700,000 people in Boston proper and is the home of 35 colleges/universites

Harvard is the only one of the 35 that registered a .Boston domain.

The Boston Bruins did not register Bruins.Boston; The Patriots did not register Patriots.Boston.

Out of the 100+ hotels in Boston I count 10 domain registrations including 2 for Wynn which doesn’t have a property in Boston.

Out of the hundreds of restaurants in Boston I counted no domain registrations.

“Strong Pace” I don’t think so

General Availability for .Boston opens on October 10th 2017

Here are the domain names in the .Boston zone file:

1-800-flowers.boston
achotels.boston
adobe.boston
adsense.boston
adwords.boston
airpods.boston
aladdin.boston
aladdintradingnetwork.boston
alamo.boston
alexa.boston
amazon.boston
amazonfresh.boston
anser.boston
apple.boston
applecare.boston
appleid.boston
applemusic.boston
applenews.boston
applepay.boston
applestore.boston
appletv.boston
applewallet.boston
applewatch.boston
apply.boston
appstore.boston
atn.boston
autographcollection.boston
ba.boston
bac.boston
balboa.boston
bamerchantservices.boston
baml.boston
bankofamerica.boston
bbc.boston
be.boston
beats.boston
bidvest.boston
blackrock.boston
blackrocksolutions.boston
blk.boston
bmw.boston
bofa.boston
bofamerrilllynch.boston
bofaml.boston
bostonredsox.boston
buildin.boston
cam4.boston
caravan.boston
caravantours.boston
carplay.boston
celebrations.boston
celtics.boston
centurybank.boston
chanel.boston
converse.boston
cori.boston
countrywide.boston
courtyardhotels.boston
deco.boston
dell.boston
dunkindonuts.boston
ebay.boston
encirca.boston
facebook.boston
facetime.boston
fairfieldinn.boston
fiacardservices.boston
fleet.boston
flipkey.boston
flowers.boston
foleyhoag.boston
fourpoints.boston
galileo.boston
gaybowl.boston
gmail.boston
google.boston
greenpackage.boston
harvard.boston
harvarduniversity.boston
hbs.boston
hello.boston
hms.boston
hub.boston
ibm.boston
ibooks.boston
ibooksstore.boston
icloud.boston
imac.boston
instagram.boston
intuit.boston
ipad.boston
iphone.boston
ipod.boston
iretire.boston
ishares.boston
itunes.boston
itunesstore.boston
johnhancock.boston
kindle.boston
landsafe.boston
lazard.boston
lazardassetmanagement.boston
lego.boston
lemeridien.boston
libertymutual.boston
lifepath.boston
luxurycollection.boston
mac.boston
macbook.boston
macintosh.boston
marriott.boston
marriottrewards.boston
marriottvacationclub.boston
mbna.boston
merck.boston
merckmsd.boston
merrill.boston
merrilledge.boston
merrilllynch.boston
merrilllynchwealthmanagement.boston
microsoft.boston
mini.boston
ml.boston
msd.boston
nationsbank.boston
nike.boston
oculusrift.boston
oculusvr.boston
orix.boston
porsche.boston
prime.boston
quickbooks.boston
rakuten.boston
redsox.boston
remax.boston
renaissancehotels.boston
residenceinn.boston
ritz-carlton.boston
ritzcarlton.boston
rolex.boston
samsclub.boston
sheraton.boston
siri.boston
sitesee.boston
spg.boston
springhillsuites.boston
ssga.boston
startuppr.boston
statestreet.boston
statestreetglobalmarkets.boston
statestreetglobalservices.boston
stubhub.boston
swift.boston
target.boston
tdbank.boston
thebodyshop.boston
towneplacesuites.boston
turbotax.boston
ustrust.boston
vanguard.boston
velcro.boston
volkswagen.boston
wal-mart.boston
walmart.boston
watson.boston
wbmason.boston
welive.boston
westin.boston
wework.boston
whatsapp.boston
whotels.boston
woolrich.boston
worldtradecenter.boston
wynn.boston
wynnresorts.boston
youtube.boston