Re: The user viewpoint

[johnl@iecc.com (John R Levine)]

>> People seem to be able to live with the way that 800/888 numbers are
>> allocated, with a small neutral database manager holding the shared
>> data submitted by all of the IXCs who actually provide the service.
>>
>> That's the model I believe that most of us fans of shared iTLDs are
>> advocating.  It is if anything less risky than the unshared model
>> since it lessens the possibility that a registry will unilaterally
>> change the rules, as Carl Oppedahl reminds us the Internic does.
>
>And what is to kep the opperator of the shared regestry from doing the
>same. Wakeing up one day and changeing the rules, like $50 per allocation
>insted of $1?

The database manager has contracts with, and is probably jointly owned by,
the registries it serves.

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