Re[2]: [wg-c] Straw Vote

["William X. Walsh" <william@dso.net>]

Monday, August 16, 1999, 7:30:55 PM, J. William Semich <bill@mail.nic.nu> wrote:

> Elisabeth is on the right track, and other members of this list should
> consider her line of reasoning seriously.

> In addition, WG-C should request that ICANN re-impose the requirements that
> .com, .net and .org should be returned to their status as "controlled"
> domain names, with .com exclusively available for commercial entities, .net
> limited to network providers and .org for noncommercial and individuals.
> Then use .US for a wider range of controlled TLDs, such as .law.us,
> .cpa.us, .med.us etc.

> But the real question truly is - "why do we need more gTLDs?" 

It disturbs me that I am seeing this approach from the operators of
ccTLDs who have a vested interest in the limitation of choice in the
TLD space.  As the only alternatives to com/net/org, registries like
.nu would stand to benefit greatly from the enforcement of
restrictions on these TLDs, and from the non-availability of new TLDs.

Also, it should be noted that once the cat is out of the bag, there is
really no reason to put it back.  Any attempt to do so will he so
strongly resisted by the "REAL" internet community that it would be a
nightmare.

> What is the benefit to Internet users? We must very clearly state these
> reasons and the benefits to justify this process.

Competition breeds innovation.  Choice provides the users with the
best possible way of guaranteeing service levels, and a truly consumer
oriented market.

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