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Re: Sharing

At 11:51 AM 12/21/96 PST, Christopher Ambler wrote:
>9. If NSI does not share com/net/org immediately, do the initial registrars
>   have to share the new 7 gTLDs? If not, who gets what? 25 registrars and
>   7 gTLDs does not divide well. If so, isn't this unfair, as NSI continues
>   to enjoy a monopoly on com/net/org? What happens if NSI gets a renewal
>   from the NSF for the exact same contract, such that they never need to
>   share? Has NSI indicated ANYTHING about their intentions?

The 7 new gTLDs are shared from day 1.  The mechanism for sharing from day
1, if all the software and technical prereqs are not in place, can be as
simple as email between the various registrars until everything is in place
(that is unless they all elect to wait for the CORE to be established).  I
believe it is a matter for the selected registrars to decide how they wish
to proceed after being selected.

>11. If all of the registrars share all of the gTLDs, where is the incentive
>    to advertise? Our business plan for .WEB calls for creating brand
>    desire for the .WEB namesace. Why should we spend this money to promote
>    a gTLD from which everyone else will reap the benefits?
>
>    If CORE sets up an advertising cooperative, and some registrars
>    choose not to participate, they will benefit without contributing. How
>    can this problem be solved?

These are specific business decisions on running as a registrar that the
IAHC did not get into.  Each person/company will have to evaluate the pros
and cons and decide of their own how to proceed.

>
>--
>Christopher Ambler
>President, Image Online Design, Inc.
>
>
Hank Nussbacher
IAHC member
[The views expressed above are the authors alone and may not reflect
the view of other IAHC members]