Re: TLD assignment permanence

[Hank Nussbacher <hank@ibm.net.il>]

At 01:28 PM 11/24/96 -0500, Carl Oppedahl wrote:
>For example, .COM was handled by SRI prior to 1993, and then was handled by
>NSI.  I assume one of the agenda items for IAHC is to recommend what should
>happen to .COM when NSI's five-year contract runs out in 1998.  NSI has said
>it assumes that when the contract expires, it will simply continue to
>administer .COM (and collect the various fees from the domain name owners)
>and will answer to no one.  

I cannot say with certainty that what the IAHC decides upon in Feb/Mar
1997 will have an affect on April 1998 and the NSI.  As to what the
NSI assumes or doesn't assume, the IANA which delegated .com/.net/.org
to the NSI would have to give the definitive answer as to whether NSI
has any sort of claim to these domains after April 1998.

Hank Nussbacher
IAHC member
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