Re: [ga] ITU Resolution 102 -- four years later

["Ross Wm. Rader" <ross@tucows.com>]

> We might discuss whether this Elisabeth´s was the best way to reasoning,
but
> the fact is that that the whole world has to pay $6 to a company in the US
> for registering a domain name in the most popular gTLD.
> Moreover, the fact that this gTLD has remained the unchallenged "most
> popular" is not due to the ineptitude of other (domestic or international)
> competitors, but simply to the fact that the introduction of new gTLDs has
> been stopped until recently.
> Nowadays, limited (and late) competition has been introduced, but so much
> time has passed that the .com has been in the meantime become worldwide
the
> symbol itself of the gTLD. In other words, the entry of competitors in the
> gTLD market has been artificially delayed until the .com has had a chance
to
> build a very high "barreer to entry" to competitors, by virtue of its
> deployment.

This is why its important to stick to the issues and work on resolving them
to a mutually satisfactory conclusion. Those that have the most to gain from
delays are often those that thwart this process at every turn. Lets stop
playing into their hands. It is remarkably easy to open up an effective
dialogue with those that have common interests - and I suspect that there
are far more common interests in this "room" than what the historical
dialogue might immediately indicate.


                       -rwr




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----- Original Message -----
From: "Roberto Gaetano" <ploki_xyz@hotmail.com>
To: <ross@tucows.com>; <Elisabeth.Porteneuve@cetp.ipsl.fr>; <ga@dnso.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: [ga] ITU Resolution 102 -- four years later


> Ross Wm. Rader wrote:
>
> > > Why ICANN maintain that enormous $6 cap fee per domain name
> > > in extra-judiciary international space? Why ICANN does not use
> > > that money collected worldwide for the benefit of international
> > > domain name Registrants?
> >
> >This might just be the most ridiculous line of reasoning that I've seen
for
> >a long time. Either that or a very poor attempt at fear-mongering. Which
is
> >it?
> >
>
>
> We might discuss whether this Elisabeth´s was the best way to reasoning,
but
> the fact is that that the whole world has to pay $6 to a company in the US
> for registering a domain name in the most popular gTLD.
> Moreover, the fact that this gTLD has remained the unchallenged "most
> popular" is not due to the ineptitude of other (domestic or international)
> competitors, but simply to the fact that the introduction of new gTLDs has
> been stopped until recently.
> Nowadays, limited (and late) competition has been introduced, but so much
> time has passed that the .com has been in the meantime become worldwide
the
> symbol itself of the gTLD. In other words, the entry of competitors in the
> gTLD market has been artificially delayed until the .com has had a chance
to
> build a very high "barreer to entry" to competitors, by virtue of its
> deployment.
>
> Simple.
> And it worked.
> (but to me it stinks)
>
> Regards
> Roberto
>
>
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