RE: [registrars] Please Consider the Following

["Antony Van Couvering" <avc@nameengine.com>]

"Everyone", when talking about domain registrations, is more than just
the registrars.  For example, there are the people who buy the domains.
It wouldn't hurt the registrars to be a larger constituency, except in
the sense that it allows for more competition -- but this after all is
oneone of the stated aims of ICANN.  It helps people, especially outside
the developed world, by providing more outlets - they might even find a
registrar who uses their own language.

Antony

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Erlich [mailto:erlich@domainregistry.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 4:08 PM
> To: Antony Van Couvering
> Cc: Registrars List; Dan Halloran
> Subject: Re: [registrars] Please Consider the Following
> 
> 
<snip>
> 
> Antony,
> 
> I think that between the large amount of
> ICANN accredited registrars, as well as the large
> amount of resellers for ICANN accredited registrars,
> there is plenty of competition and choice currently. 
> I don't think that if it made financial sense
> for somone doing 10 or 20 registrations, or even 1000,
> to be ICANN accredited, that would benefit the
> existing group of registrars, or our company
> in particular. Why do you think that this would
> be good for everyone?
> 
> Larry Erlich
> 
> http://www.DomainRegistry.com
> 
> 
> > Many also have cabal-like structures in which
> > high fees and/or silly technical requirements are imposed (Germany).
> > ICANN is somewhere in between, with most of the nonsense having been
> > mandated by NSI.  That could change, especially if the constituency
> > bothered to ask.
> > 
> > Antony
> 
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