Re: Who really benefits from 60-day period?

[Vince Wolodkin <wolodkin@digitalink.com>]

Robert Shaw wrote:
> 
> Another reason for the 60 day waiting period is to minimize
> intentional hoarding,
> hijacking and speculation in domain names.
> 

Could you explain HOW the 60 day wait will minimize this?  Granted it is
a large problem, but a 60 day wait certainly does nothing to address it.

> This is a problem much larger than most realize.
> 
> For example, in November 96, of about 700,000 DN registrations, NSI
> has estimated
> that 50,000 to 100,000 were being held by speculators. So the problems
> are somewhat
> larger than one might think.
> 
> Robert
> 
> --
> Robert Shaw (shaw@itu.int)
> Advisor, Global Information Infrastructure
> International Telecommunication Union (http://www.itu.int)
> Place des Nations, 1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland
> 
> Note: IAHC member, expressing personal opinions
> 

Vince