[ncdnhc-discuss] Competition and the ORG report

[Raul Echeberria]

Rob:

Very good comments!. I share your doubts.

Raul.


At 14:34 23/01/02 -0500, Rob Courtney wrote:
>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
>>
>>
>>  "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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