Нужного свободного в зоне .ru не оказалось, но так как разрабатываемый сайт планируется использовать в сфере связи, зарегистрировал домен.tel. Оплатил $20us. После недели переписки с саппортом выяснилось, что .tel это всё, что угодно, но не домен для сайтов.
Краткая история переписки на ломанном английском:
me: I have done all as were adviced. I still can't see (or understand) how to
apply my host's IP address to домен.tel domain. What do I have to do now?
support: Please be informed that .tel is different from other top-level
domains and you cannot repoint it to other name servers. Instead, .tel is for
storing contact information directly in the DNS, and this information is hosted
by your .tel service provider.
You can find more information regarding .tel in our user manual
at http://telnic.org/brochures/.
me: I don't need to repoint my 'домен.tel' to other name servers. I just need
that your name server returns the IP address of my web site's host.
How to do that?
I have read manual and, if I understand everything right, I won't be able
to assign my web site host's IP address to домен.tel. Am I right?
support: Yes, you are correct. You cannot assign your web site host's
IP address to домен.tel.
Жаль потерянного времени, ну и немного денег.