[ncdnhc-discuss] Re: Mission creep and consumer protection

[Alejandro Pisanty - DGSCA y FQ, UNAM]

Hi!

and ccTLDs are one place no-one wants to go with consumer protection
issues from outside the country...

Seems we've done the full circle now. Characterized the problem, found out
that some solutions have been implemented, policy guidance has been
received and used, and parts of the problem or its solution are way out of
our purview. More or less accurate?

Alejandro Pisanty

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On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Milton Mueller wrote:

> Yep, that's one reason why the GTLDs are globally dominant.
>
> >>> "James Love" <love at cptech.org> 02/14/02 05:22PM >>>
> Actually, registry prices in many of the ccTLDS are quite a bit higher than
> $6.
>
>    Jamie
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Milton Mueller" <Mueller at syr.edu>
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> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 5:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [ncdnhc-discuss] Re: Mission creep and consumer protection
>
>
> > One of the things that is truly bizarre about this whole conversation
> > is that in the broad scheme of Internet use - which requires
> > a computer, Internet access, site hosting, etc. - registry prices are an
> > utterly trivial part of the picture. $6/year is 50 cents a month. Cut that
> in
> > half and you've saved a quarter a month. Big deal.
> >
> > For poor people or undeveloped countries, the real obstacle
> > to Internet access is bandwidth (connectivity), not domain names.
> > Not to mention the $1000 or so ($100/month) for the computer
> > itself, and the labor required to post and host content.  Bandwidth is
> > horrendously expensive in many developing and undeveloped countries,
> > and many people don't have telephone lines at all.
> >
> > As consumer protection issues go, registry prices are pretty far
> > down the list at this point.
> >
> >
> >
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