[ga] RE: Open Letter to Mr Jeff Neuman from The Internet Challenge

["Neuman, Jeff" <Jeff.Neuman@neustar.us>]

Mr. Henderson,

Thanks again for your e-mail.  Let me assure you that Bondi, LLC is in fact
a separate ICANN-Accredited Registrar.  They are separate and apart (at
least as far as accreditation) from Parava Networks.  With respect to the
fact that they are not listed on our Web site, I can tell you that they were
indeed listed on our site as a Registar participating in the Group 2B
process (See http://www.neulevel.biz/faqs/distr_methods_faqs.html FAQ #1).
They are not yet on our general list, because they are still going through
technical certification for real-time registrations. They will be added to
our list once they pass such testing.  As to why they are not on the ICANN
Website, I can not answer that question.

Any ICANN-Accredited registrar that has signed a Registry-Registrar
Agreement for .BIZ, that also signed the Group 2B Amendment (for the
round-robin process) was permitted to submit a queue of applications for the
Group 2B domain names.  

Again, with respect to the other issues raised in your e-mail, our
investigation is ongoing.  

Please let me know if you have any additional questions.

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Henderson [mailto:richardhenderson@ntlworld.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 12:45 PM
To: Neuman, Jeff; vint cerf; Legal-NeuLevel
Cc: Neuman, Jeff; lynn@icann.com; halloran@icann.org;
jeff@air-speed.com; jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com; DEvans@doc.gov;
ksmith@ntia.doc.gov; krose@ntia.doc.gov; fupton@doc.gov; Karl Auerbach;
Jefsey Morfin; lsuzukamo@pioneerpress.com; gtld@gtldregistries.org;
ga@dnso.org; council@dnso.org; jarcher@registrationtek.com;
aspaces@powerup.com.au; sotiris@hermesnetwork.com;
conno001@maroon.tc.umn.edu; froomkin@law.miami.edu
Subject: Re: Open Letter to Mr Jeff Neuman from The Internet Challenge


Dear Jeff and Vint

As an addendum to the issue of the SIX registrars who appear to have
submitted "exclusive" lists in the .biz release last week:

Further to the admission made by the sole registrant who gained names
through Signature domains, that he was in fact a partner of Signature
Domains, I have a query about Bondi LLC. Perhaps you could clarify this one,
Jeff?

This case of the 93 names registered for Marco Publishing Corporation
through Bondi LLC appears quite a strange affair.
If you look up the lists of accredited registrars at ICANN or Neulevel, you
will find NO MENTION of Bondi LLC as a registrar. They simply don't exist
there, so you would have had no means of applying for names through them.
I phoned Neulevel today and they explain that Bondi were accredited by
Neulevel "just before the names release". Neulevel says that their contact
number is : (001) 713-780-0202 and when you phone that number it is "Parava
Services" that answers.
I asked the person at the other end if BondiLLC had a parent company and
they said, yes, Parava.
This leaves me very confused. Not only has BondiLLC submitted a highly
exclusive list (great beneficiary: the unknown Marco Publishing
Corporation). It appears they are part of Parava.

Doesn't this mean, in effect, that Parava submitted TWO lists? One, a list
that was widely open to the public, and one which appeared to be closed to
the public and inaccessible?

Interestingly, although Marco Publishing benefitted from 93 names from
BondiLLc, they also applied for and gained names through Parava (for
example, lotto.biz).

I would be very interested to know HOW ordinary members of the Internet
Public were supposed to (a) know Bondi LLC existed (b) locate its website
(c) participate in their list.

I would also be very interested to know WHY Parava were effectively allowed
to submit two lists. Didn't that give them double the chances of other
Registrars?

And I would finally be interested to know why Neulevel didn't - and still
have not - placed BONDI LLC on their accredited registrars list. Also, are
they accredited by ICANN, as they don't appear on the ICANN list either?

In anonymity, this last-minute "front" company of an already existing
Registrar, appears to have submitted names for an exclusive customer.

Explanations would be appreciated.

I also believe that Bondi LLC may have been in breach of the ICANN terms,
which I presume Neulevel is obliged to enforce.

"ICANN-Accredited Registrars will be responsible for developing the
necessary interface with their customers."
(extract from ICANN's .biz TLD Agreement: Appendix J)

Was the necessary interface put in place between BONDI LLC and the internet
public? Was it made known and made accessible? Did Neulevel take steps to
notify the public of this "subcontracted" registrar of Parava on the
Neulevel website?

Did Parava effectively "double" its chances by introducing BONDI LLC?

Or am I being unfair (for example, does Verisign own a range of accredited
Registrars and therefore get various lists submitted) ?

Why did Parava need to operate a second registrar?
Why did it bother if it wasn't going to accept applications from the public?
Did this disadvantage other consumers or registrars?

I'd be grateful for your further investigation or elucidation.

Regards

Richard


Appendix A: List of the 93 names registered for Marco Publishing Corporation
through Bondi LLC

energy.biz
eradio.biz
etickets.biz
executivesearch.biz
fiberglass.biz
floodinsurance.biz
forlease.biz
franchises.biz
futbol.biz
giftcertificates.biz
gifts.biz
golfschool.biz
horseracing.biz
hotel.biz
houston.biz
ipo.biz
directions.biz
domain-names.biz
e-tickets.biz
egifts.biz
electricians.biz
casinogames.biz
cats.biz
cellularphones.biz
checks.biz
colleges.biz
computers.biz
contacts.biz
copyrights.biz
art.biz
autoparts.biz
baseballcards.biz
batteries.biz
biomed.biz
biotech.biz
biz2biz.biz
biz4sale.biz
blinds.biz
brakerepair.biz
brands.biz
brides.biz
broadway.biz
cable.biz
cablemodem.biz
4sale.biz
accountants.biz
addresses.biz
affiliateprograms.biz
credit-cards.biz
creditcards.biz
cruise.biz
defensivedriving.biz
desktops.biz
digitalcameras.biz
jokes.biz
junk.biz
laptop.biz
lawyers.biz
limo.biz
limos.biz
linux.biz
marco.biz
mobilehome.biz
onlinecasinos.biz
payperview.biz
pbs.biz
perfumes.biz
personaltrainer.biz
prescriptions.biz
quickquote.biz
rates.biz
refinance.biz
rentacar.biz
sail.biz
samples.biz
sexsites.biz
sexy.biz
skiing.biz
snowboards.biz
soccer.biz
spas.biz
speakersbureau.biz
sportsbets.biz
spy.biz
tickets.biz
trademarks.biz
universities.biz
usedtrucks.biz
washington.biz
watches.biz
windowcoverings.biz
wirelessphone.biz
work-at-home.biz

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