Re: Monopoly/Ologopoly

[Alan Sullivan <sully@frontiernet.net>]

Jeff Williams wrote:
> 
> Alan and all,
> 
>   I tend to agree.  but I would add a proviso.  Why not let the
> holder of the TLD's make that dicision.
> 
> regards,
> 
> Alan Sullivan wrote:
> >
> > Stephen Harris wrote:
> 
> >  Hi,
> > I agree strongly with Stephen, I have noted a number of problems with
> > the shared TLDs and the example of .MEDICAL is another great example of
> > why SHARED REGISTRIES ARE A BAD IDEA! The reason IAHC needs to take up
> > issues of SLDs is because with shared registries NOBODY is responsible
> > for creating policy or enforcing policy with a domain. This requires a
> > generic policy that can never be covered by special case gTLDs such as
> > .medical. Registries exclusive to gTLDs are a GOOD THING. The current
> > monopoly of NSI is BAD.
> > Ask anyone who has had to get a domain in .com - too many horror
> > stories. They HATE the current system. Just put togther a plan that
> > allows registries to compete with NSI. - This leads to another question
> > about the IAHC proposal - what are the 7 new gTLDs? And why 7?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Alan
> >
> > --
> > Alan Sullivan
> > President
> > Top Domain Registry Inc.
> 
> --
> Jeffrey A. Williams
> DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java Development Eng.
> Information Eng. Group.
> Phone :972-447-1878
> E-Mail jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com
Hi Jeffrey,
Absoultely! Let the holder of the TLD make that decision.
Thanks,
Alan
-- 
Alan Sullivan
President
Top Domain Registry Inc.