Hi George, Thanks for the heads up.
We are prepared to go to Congress and the Department of Commerce. Frankly, we ignored the Versign "deadline," as this entire feeback process -- and the concept itself -- is self-serving. Who's ever heard of the criminal serving as judge and jury? It's time to expose this outrageous proposal to someone who can stop it. Clearly, they don't have the selfcontrol to see this for what it is -- a cash grab. Do you know when the fleecing begin? We can have the cover letter and back-up material finalized within the week or so. Best, Loren George Kirikos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, As most know, the DNSO GA and the RC (registrars) were overwhelmingly against the WLS proposal. Not surprisingly given Verisign's history, they've ignored this opposition, and have proceeded to request pricing approval from ICANN. See: http://www.verisign-grs.com/wls_comment_analysis.pdf for their "spin" on things. Their conclusion: "VGRS has submitted a request to ICANN for an amendment to Appendix G of the .com and .net registry agreements to add pricing for the WLS for a 12-month trial period." Prior documents are at: http://www.verisign-grs.com/wls.html The official registrar community's position is at: http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/registrars/Arc01/msg02213.html It's quite an exercise in faulty logic to read Verisign's attempts to massage the numbers. I don't know how they can, with a straight face, conclude that "consumers are better off". I never knew VGRS dealt with consumers -- I thought the Chinese wall meant VGRS only dealt with registrars... The only parties better off are Verisign and its partners, to the detriment of consumers and competing registrars. No attempt to quantify consumers' demands are made, yet all the visible opposition is dismissed as being "unrepresentative". Oh well, we knew this was going to happen -- it's Verisign, remember. The arrogance of this monopoly makes Microsoft pale in comparison. What's the appropriate procedure to submit comments now that ICANN is officially being made this request? Sincerely, George Kirikos http://www.kirikos.com/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� http://movies.yahoo.com/
