[ga] Re: Verisign proceeds with WLS, despite opposition

[Joseph McDonald <joe@vpop.net>]

I'm a pretty easy-going sorta guy, but this really makes my blood
boil.  This is such a blatant abuse of monopoly power it's not even
funny.

What this means is that VRSN is going to dip into registrants wallets
for *hundreds of millions* of dollars.  They are going to *kill* at
least a dozen businesses, they are going to cripple hundreds more and
in the end, the people paying the bills are going to get service that
is lousier than they ever could have imagined.  VRSN will laugh all
the way to the bank.  I think their ticker symbol should change to PCE
(Pure Concentrated Evil).

What can we do to stop this?  It is so not right that the word "wrong"
doesn't even scratch the surface.

thanks,
-joe

Saturday, March 23, 2002, 3:34:49 PM, you wrote:

GK> Hello,

GK> As most know, the DNSO GA and the RC (registrars) were overwhelmingly
GK> against the WLS proposal. 

GK> Not surprisingly given Verisign's history, they've ignored this
GK> opposition, and have proceeded to request pricing approval from ICANN.
GK> See:

GK> http://www.verisign-grs.com/wls_comment_analysis.pdf

GK> for their "spin" on things. Their conclusion:

GK> "VGRS has submitted a request to ICANN for an amendment to Appendix G
GK> of the .com and .net registry agreements to add pricing for the WLS for
GK> a 12-month trial period."

GK> Prior documents are at: http://www.verisign-grs.com/wls.html

GK> The official registrar community's position is at:
GK> http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/registrars/Arc01/msg02213.html

GK> It's quite an exercise in faulty logic to read Verisign's attempts to
GK> massage the numbers. I don't know how they can, with a straight face,
GK> conclude that "consumers are better off". I never knew VGRS dealt with
GK> consumers -- I thought the Chinese wall meant VGRS only dealt with
GK> registrars... The only parties better off are Verisign and its
GK> partners, to the detriment of consumers and competing registrars. No
GK> attempt to quantify consumers' demands are made, yet all the visible
GK> opposition is dismissed as being "unrepresentative". 

GK> Oh well, we knew this was going to happen -- it's Verisign, remember.
GK> The arrogance of this monopoly makes Microsoft pale in comparison.

GK> What's the appropriate procedure to submit comments now that ICANN is
GK> officially being made this request?

GK> Sincerely,

GK> George Kirikos
GK> http://www.kirikos.com/


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-- 
Best regards,
 Joseph                            mailto:joe@vpop.net

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