Re: Int'l diversity in iTLD Registries

[Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>]

Stephane F. Kallos allegedly said:
> 
> The postel draft had accounted for a maximum of 50% of all registries 
> being from one country.  This seems to be missing from the recently 
> submitted proposals to the IAHC.
> 
> It is important because:
> 
> 1)   The internet is global
> 
> 2)   Name registration should not be completly managed by registries in 
> only (or primarily) one country
> 
> 3)   To further promote diversity among the registries (ie language)
> 
> Why has such an important issue been left out?  Has the IAHC considered 
> this issue?
> 
> Would a smaller figure not be more appropriate? ie 35%
> 
> The briefer your response is, the more likely I am to read it.

Stephane,

With shared registries the issue becomes much less important.  If 
.com were shared, and someone in France wanted to start a registry 
for it, they could do so, for example.  Such a registry would always 
have a competitive advantage in France over any registry in the US.

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