Re: What is a shared registry?

[Steve Sullivan <steves@intrepid.net>]

Paul A Vixie wrote:
> 
> > [...] It is not appropriate for all TLDs to be shared. [...]
> 
> I strongly disagree.  All iTLDs should be shared eventually.  (This
> includes COM and ORG and NET, but not EDU or MIL.)  A registry should
> be better or worse than another because service quality and/or price
> differs -- not because they are camped onto a good name.
> 
> Note that this is not a requirement before further progress gets made.
> By all means let each registry pick an iTLD (or several?) and let them
> have exclusive authority over it for the first 6 months or so.  But
> make sure they sign a quit-claim to all permanent ownership rights and
> make sure they are forced to write, by hand, across the front of the
> signature page: "I WILL SHARE THIS NAME OR GIVE IT UP WHEN IANA TELLS
> ME THAT IT IS TIME TO SHARE IT.  I AGREE TO ESCROW MY CUSTOMER DATABASE."
> 
> This will no doubt be seen as a severe barrier to entry by those who
> could never compete on price or service level and are planning instead
> to just camp onto an "attractive" (nuisance) iTLD that people will pay
> any price to be listed in even if the service is lousy.
> 
> To those people I say: find another business, the Internet is full.
Just because something can be done does not mean it should be done.
Again the main reason for deligating is responsability, someone has to
be accountable and this is a very important aspect which can not be
overlooked; at this point in time we must be very careful how we
develope this. Noone person or organization can or should control this
which means that the DNS operators of iTLD's should form a governing
body which will address this issue and many others you have yet to
concieve of. But for now lets get the process started instead of
spinning our wheels and going nowhere.