Re: Number of Registries

[Lee Schulman <webmaster@veinsonline.com>]

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.
> 
> No entry fee means lots of registrars, and in my opinion, mass chaos.
> 
> 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?
> 
> --
> == Scott Tadman <tadman@martinet.com> ======================================
> == Martinet Development Corp. ========== http://www.martinet.com/~tadman/ ==
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