> In fact, the whole value chain benefits - Versign, > Tucows and Resellers. Only registrants suffer, as they are not provided > with sufficiently high quality service.
I can't believe this statement. The "value chain" starts with the customer, not the other way around. This isn't supposed to be some sort of ponzi scheme where the registrants are the last ones in who get fleeced to feed the prior rungs of the pyramid. You're basically telling your resellers that its ok to continue this IDN charade because they can blame Verisign. The only people the resellers can blame is themselves, for taking part in it and selling vapourware to their customers. -mark > > Tucows > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ross Wm. Rader" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Marc Schneiders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Robert L Mathews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 7:42 AM > Subject: Re: Back to the products (Re: [TLDA-Members] Fwd: BulkRegister > partners with New.Net) > > > > > You are right. May I use this occasion to ask you/Tucows to clear up the > > > darknesses surrounding IDNs? It is a product, sold to/through us in > > > 2000/2001 by Tucows. What do we advise the registrants? Renew? Forget > > > about it? I see a lot coming up for renewal in Spring in our reseller > > > account (European languages were introduced later than oriental, that's > > > why). > > > > > > Some light, please. > > > > > > And what exactly happens to the IDNs in .org? > > > > The long and the short is that IDNs have been a travesty. I'd like to say > > that I had some complete answers for you, but the fact is that we were > sold > > a bill of goods and now we need to wait for make good. I have a lot of > hope > > for the concept, but this paricular product has been less than pleasing > from > > most perspectives. > > > > The official answer is that the IDN product manager isn't back in the > office > > until Monday (vacation) - I'll ping him and see what the scoop is re: > > renewals, light, customer guidance etc. I've tried to stick my head in the > > sand out of embarassment regarding this particular mess, so I don't have > > easy answers at my fingertips. New quote: Denial is great until your > > customers start asking serious questions ;) > > > > -rwr > > > > > -- mark jeftovic http://www.easydns.com http://mark.jeftovic.net
