Re: .africa gTLD

[Dr Nii Narku Quaynor <quaynor@ncs.com.gh>]

Sorry Sir,

I am simply not in favor of special things being done for Africa
or Africans unless it is universal ie. .asia, .latin, .europe etc.
What is needed is fairness and uniformity.

When, we get singled out we begin to lose our ability to compete
equally for all services and supplies. We also end up being patronized.
Some of us want to be with the rest not singled out.

Nii

Martin J. Duerst wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Denis Bucher wrote:
> 
> > Le 17-Jan-97, Dr Nii Narku Quaynor a écrit:
> >
> > Hello !
> >
> > > I also dont see the significant advantage. It may just rather have the
> > > opposite effect of marginalizing the efforts being made in the regions.
> >
> > Just look at the PRICES at http://www.izpt.zr/, and you'll understand !!!
> 

The money issue is no different in any other situation. Pay fair
market value or get your service elsewhere.

> This is a major rip-off. 550 Swiss Francs for initial registration,
> and 350 Swiss Francs for one-year renewal. For those who don't know
> what a Swiss Franc is worth, currently that makes ~400$ for registration,
> and 260$ for renewal. There is also a "name reservation" fee, not much
> lower, just for reserving a domain name. Despite the fact that prices
> are cited in Swiss Francs, and there is a bank reference to a Swiss
> bank, I sincerely hope that the maintainer, signing as "Fred Gregoire",
> is not Swiss, and that he doesn't operate from Switzerland.
> 
> Regards,        Martin.


Nii