Re:"Xenophobia"

[Bob Allisat <bob@wtv.net>]

Stephen Cole wrote:
> All this rubbish about how hard it is for North Americans to deal
> with anything beyond their shores is gormless twaddle. How does
> an African or a Tasmanian (for the benefit of the North Americans, 
> Tasmania is one of those half-mythical places beyond the borders
> of the Known World) take action against a US body?

 I work out of Toronto, Canada.
 I have a small WWW design and
 hosting business. My clients
 generally register .COM Domain
 Names with Internic based out
 of Virginia no more than a quick
 flight or a toll free call away.
 However it is another nation and
 another world away as far as we
 are concerned once problems arise
 with our Domains.

 Then the endless phone calls, the
 faxes and letters, the E-Mail
 inquiries all seem to disappear
 and Internic/NSI go silent on us.
 And we are left to twist in the
 god damned wind while YOURDOMAIN.COM
 points nowhere, is "On Hold" or is
 otherwise disabled. Pointed fact is
 the current situation is deplorable.
 More pointed fact is that proposing
 a move across the ocean to another
 continent is even more deplorable.

 A reasoned approach would allow all
 citizans to seek recourse in local
 courts. This will only be achieved
 by some form of consensus ending in
 the widespread dispersal of Domain
 Name (and IP Address) registries
 worldwide. A decentralized DNR system
 in which thousands of Domain Names
 are served all over the world under
 broadly acceptable technical standards
 is the only way out of continued
 bureaucratic Domain name nightmares.

 Tasmania or Madagascar or Iceland for
 that matter should each have three or
 four registries. And Australasia or
 South West Africa several hundred
 registries and so-on around the world.
 A very reasonable alternative to continued
 and continuously unfair concentration
 of regulatory or administrative control
 on the Internet. After all putting
 power into the hands of everyone if
 what the net is all about isn't it?

 TeleVirtually Yours,

 Bob Allisat

 Director, World TeleVirtual Network             http://www.wtv.net
 PO Box 191 St E Toronto Canada M6H 4E2                 info@wtv.net