Re: [wg-c] straw vote -- question one results & call for votes on

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

>> That's crap - it's called competition. If you can't stand the heat, get
>out
>> of the kitchen. Not too mention that price is not the sole determinant
>when
>> it comes to awarding bids.
>
>The FCC regularly holds re-issuance proceedings for radio and television
>licenses. If the station has performed poorly, has a large number of
>complaints, or is insolvent, the license is often re-bid. But never is it
>re-bid for the sake of being re-bid.


I don't much care what the FCC does. Where I come from, radio and tv
licenses are *applied* for and controlled by the government. they can be
revoked or issued elsewhere pretty much at the drop of a hat. And we still
have radio and tv stations.


>
>Put it this way: if you can get NSI to agree to have .com re-bid, then
>I'll shut up and go away. Until you can do that, you can't put that kind
>of requirement on new registries, as it's unfair competition.
>
>Period.


IIRC, NSI's CA expires a year from now. If the CA isn't renewed, then they
no longer have .com at their disposal. If that isn't a rebid scenario, then
I don't know what is. Period.

-RWR