[ncdnhc-discuss] Competition and the ORG report

[Milton Mueller]

Register.com, Nominet, DENIC would not qualify as "dominant"
under any definition that I have seen, since none of them 
occupy anything more than 3 percent of the global 
registry market.

Remember that these statements are not binding stipulations
in the registry contract but policy guidance intended to 
help the board figure out to whom to make the initial
delegation. I would be happy to add a statement to that
effect if it would make you sign on. 

>>> Rob Courtney <rob at cdt.org> 01/23/02 02:34PM >>>
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."
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Discuss mailing list
>Discuss at icann-ncc.org 
>http://www.icann-ncc.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss 

-- 

Rob Courtney
Policy Analyst
Center for Democracy & Technology
1634 Eye Street NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20006
202 637 9800
fax 202 637 0968
rob at cdt.org 
http://www.cdt.org/ 

  --

Add your voice to the Internet policy debate!
    JOIN THE CDT ACTIVIST NETWORK!
      http://www.cdt.org/join/