[ncdnhc-discuss] Competition and the ORG report

[Rob Courtney]

Milton--

Increasing competition is important but some additional discussion 
might be useful on this. Are non-commercial interests best served by 
excluding potentially low-bidders from contracting in .org? What if 
the new .org operator wants to contract with Register.com, Nominet, 
DENIC, or other major providers? What if they want to contract with 
VeriSign five years from now? And why should the .org registry be 
forced to operated under restrictions on its backend services that no 
other gTLD is required to meet? There seem to be a lot of questions 
that I'm not sure are answered. It would be good for the constituency 
to at least acknowledge them before approving this.

r

>OK, I have had several favorable comments and no
>objections. I will replace the word "provider" with
>"actor" and forward it as constituency-supported addition
>to the ORG report.
>
>--MM
>
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>  "NCDNHC urges the Board to increase competition and
>  diversity and encourage new investment in the
>  provision of gTLD registry services, by ensuring the
>  market position of existing dominant actors are not
>  entrenched nor enhanced through participation in,
>  taking an interest in, or contracting to deliver
>  critical services to, the new .org management
>  organisation."
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Rob Courtney
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