[ncdnhc-discuss] Competition and the ORG report

[Marc Schneiders]

On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, at 16:51 [=GMT-0300], Raul Echeberria wrote:

> Rob:
>
> Very good comments!. I share your doubts.

I do not. Although excluding existing big players might mean that new .ORG
will not be able to get the cheapest deal, I think it is in the interest
of all internet users, including non-commercial ones, that there is more
competition. The deal between ICANN and VeriSign did include the
divestiture of ORG precisely for that reason.

In the long run more competition will keep services and prices at better
levels. We are talking about a regulated market.

As for other TLDs: ICANN could do something about competition there too,
esp. when more new gTLDs will be introduced.

Marc

> > 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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