Hello David,
Tuesday, July 25, 2000, 5:13:18 PM, you wrote:
>>This presumes that all TLDs will be shared like com/net/org. I don't
>>think that would necessarily be the case, and nothing from ICANN
>>indicates that. I also don't think it would be wise to force all
>>registries to be shared like com/net/org are.
> Having one registrar per TLD sure would make life a bitch for providers to have to
>deal with umpteen different registrars in order to conduct what could be a simple
>matter.
> Seems to me the market ought to be open and registrars should be able to be
>registrars for all TLD's, pretty much.
An open market means competition at the registry/TLD level. What you
are proposing would force all TLDs to operate the same way, providing
no competition at the registry level at all.
Right now you have over 240 TLDs, with different registries for each
one. Providers have had no real problem with this.
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Best regards,
William mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]