Re: Number of Registries

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Scott and all,

Scott Tadman wrote:
> 
> Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> >Scott Tadman <tadman@martinet.com> wrote:
> >> How, exactly, is having 100 registrars and CORE going to be an improvement
> >> over the InterNIC (SLD availability aside)? What kind of improvements can
> >> be made?
> >
> >  First of all I have not heard that 100 registrars are going to be
> >allowed under the IAHC's plan.
> 
> The gTLD-MoU eliminated both the limit and the lottery. Now anyone who meets
> the simple qualifications will be able to operate as a registrar. Why won't
> there be 100 registrars? $10K ($20K?) isn't a whole lot of money. Practically
> every ISP in the USA and Canada could be registrars if they were so inclined.

  Well it is good to hear that the restrictions of how many registrar.
I was not aware of that.  Thanks for that tid bit of info!  >;) still
leaves a couple of other hurdels or barriers to go however. So in light
of Seans post I have a couple of suggestions, which I have made befor
on the IAHC-Discuss list, but will do so again now.  These suggestions
are directly pointed at some of the other "Barriers"

1.) Lower the Fee to something more reasonable, so that smaler Regional
    ISP's will not be strapped financialy.  Say $2000.00.

2.) Allow those who are register, to provide for their own basis of
    proff of financial stability instead of ysing a high dollar
accounting
    or auditing firm like Aurther Anderson or Price Waterhouse.  Let 
    any licensed independant auditor perform this check to meet the
    criteria.

3.) Allow all of those whom become registrars to determin what gTLD's
    they feel are approiate and take the proper and necessary
responsibility
    for those gTLD's they come up with.
> 
> No entry fee means lots of registrars, and in my opinion, mass chaos.

  As you will see and if you followed the IAHC-Discuss list previous to
it being shut down, you will notice that I never suggested that "NO
ENTRY
FEEs" be acceptable.
> 
> The Internet needs some sort of regulation, not a free-for-all "free market".
> Can you imagine a domain space as screwed up as the "alt" newsgroups? How
> could any sort of Internet commerce be carried out when nothing can be taken
> for granted?

  Not a valid argument in this context.  You don't know this even if
there
were no Registration fees.  And I am suggesting that a $2000.00 fee be
required.  

  Scott, you are just plain too paranoid!  poor fellow.
> 
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Regards,
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Jeffrey A. Williams
DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java Development Eng.
Information Eng. Group. IEG. INC. 
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