Re: [ga] ICANNWatch Comment on MultiBind

[Derek Conant <dconant@dnsga.org>]

Domain Name System General Assembly (DNSGA)
http://www.dnsga.org

I doubt ICANN will retract the New TLDs it has licensed.  However, the DOC may
not approve ICANN's proposals if there is a solution that can offset the
consumer confusion allegations surrounding the altTLDs.

Without a clear solution to the consumer confusion allegations surrounding the
altTLDs, the new USG Administration and other governments will probably take
the course of approving ICANN proposed agreements to establish legitimate TLDs
to prevent fracture of the Internet.

Does anyone out there have a solution to the consumer confusion allegations
surrounding the altTLDs?

Derek Conant
DNSGA President and Chairman

PacificRoot Hostmaster wrote:

> On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Derek Conant wrote:
>
> > Domain Name System General Assembly (DNSGA)
> > http://www.dnsga.org
> >
> > It is nice to see new or emerging products and services that work toward
> > solving the technical aspects related to the alternative root
> > controversy.  However, how can this technology solve the consumer
> > confusion questions when say 40 different alternative roots represent a
> > similar altTLD extension?  How can the confusion problem be productively
> > managed and consumers protected against chaos?
>
> It won't. All it will do is permit you to prioritize which TLDs come
> first, and then if there's no zone existing on that TLD server then it
> moves on to the next one.
>
> Stepping technology does not solve the issue of colliders, It merely
> exacerbates the problem, especially with regards to email etc... Even if
> it's something that people may implement in the future.
>
> It's not too late to keep ICANN from loading colliders.

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