[governance] Solidarity with RDS Honduras

[David Olson]

I agree that more due diligence is needed.

Best,

David S. Olson
Assistant Professor
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On Sep 29, 2009, at 11:40 AM, Jorge Amodio wrote:

> FYI, be careful if you visit the rds.hn site since it seems it has
> been hacked
> at some time, and it has trojans and other stuff:
> http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=rds.hn
>
> About the statement Milton is right to point out that that
> particular statement
> came from LACTLD and not RDS.
>
> Getting involved with ccTLDs is a tricky situation and before we
> make any
> "official" statement we should find out more directly from the RDS
> people
> and also hear the other side of the story.
>
> No doubt any move to takeover the ccTLD administration in the way
> it has
> been reported is not a desirable/preferred way of doing things, but
> we don't
> know if this is an ongoing conflict since the HN Telecom Act of
> 2002 and
> the reasons why RDS didn't enter into a formal agreement with CONATEL.
>
> I'll recommend we do some due diligence before making any statement
> from
> the NCUC.
>
> Regards
> Jorge
>
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu>
> wrote:
>> Since many GAC members believe that governments should have a
>> right to assert control over the ccTLD at will, I am not sure they
>> are the best ones to take up this cause.
>>
>> However, I think this is a very important development and would
>> favor having NCUC sign on to the LACTLD statement, or develop one
>> of our own.
>>
>> --MM

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