Re: Where are we going, and root servers?

[Christopher Ambler <chris@iodesign.com>]

> I don't know whether the issue of root servers vs. COM/ORG/NET servers is
> supposed to be on the IAHC's plate.  My suggestion would be to define
> server rules for any newly created domains (e.g., the domain registries
> have to provide and pay for enough servers with good enough connections to
> meet reasonably foreseeable demand) and then apply those to the existing
> iTLDs as soon as is practical.  It's not like the InterNIC couldn't afford
> to pay for a few dozen slave server PCs scattered at ISPs all over the
> world, after all.

Absolutely. I've already stated that we are prepared to do this as well
for the .WEB registry, and encourage such a requirement. Yes, it will cost
us more, but it's the best solution for the Internet.

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Christopher Ambler
President, Image Online Design, Inc.