[ncdnhc-discuss] Internet is global=we need central planning

[Alejandro Pisanty - DGSCA y FQ, UNAM]

James,

I am saying that there has to be central coordination to ensure uniqueness
of identifiers, and policies to ensure stability (you don't want a sudden
void to appear in namespace). That makes it very hard for, say, a govt to
go on its own establishing a gTLD, without some agreements as to how it
will operate. You can maybe envision an ICANN-less world, in which these
agreements are made on a peer-to-peer basis, but I find it unrealistic for
this to occur without a forum where all registries can come together. And
I would be surprised if you agreed for these decisions to be made in a
registry-only closed organization. Which brings in the registrars,
businesses, users, etc., and those with an opinion, like academics,
consumer organizations, etc. Your title here "Internet is global" does
have far reaching consequences; a locally generated TLD would be like a
ccTLD, with responsibilities for those within the country and those
outside (it is meant for location of the country's resources by outsiders
as much as by locals, isn't it?).

All this implies a level of central coordination, not central planning. I
find your subject line misleading in this sense.

Yours,

Alejandro Pisanty

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On Wed, 1 May 2002, James Love wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alejandro Pisanty - DGSCA y FQ, UNAM" <apisan at servidor.unam.mx>
> > > 1.  Do you believe I am making unrealistic proposals with regard to what
> can
> > > be decentralized, and what I concede might be centralized?
> >
> > The degree to which you seem to think that some functions can be
> > decentralized appears unrealistic to me. As a prime example, gTLD policy.
>
>      Alejandro, are you saying there is no realistic alternative to having
> the ICANN board choose who gets TLDs, telling registry operators what names
> they can and cannot use, telling them what business models to follow, and
> what prices to charge?  And that none of this can be done by national
> governments or regional bodies?    And *all* of these decisions have to be
> made by a single centralized body?    I am quite willing to have *some* TLD
> policies be made globally.  But I don't see the basis for saying *all* TLD
> decisons have to be made by the ICANN board.
>
>   Jamie
>
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