On 16-Feb-99 Antony Van Couvering wrote:
> [AVC] - Even though they are unenforceable, they might well serve a purpose.
> A set of rules governing use don't have to be applied beforehand, although
> there should be an element of this. A set of rules can also serve to
> disqualify any protest when a rule-breaker is thrown out.
>
> For instance, suppose you had a chartered TLD, .ISP, which had a set of
> restrictions intended to make the domain one for internet access providers
> only. Suppose there were a set of initial automatic tests *before* the
> domain was delegated to an applicant, for instance you had to have some
> functional nameservers and some functional mail servers. Suppose there were
> also some non-tested restrictions, for instance you had to have at least 50
> dial-up customers.
But this forces ISPs to use a seperate domain name for their online internet
access business that is different than the domain name they might use for other
diversified businesses they are engaged in. A domain name is an internet
identity really, and to require them to have one identity for their internet
access business, and one for their other business interests is really overly
restrictive, and unlike ANYTHING in real commerce.
When a business signs up for a chartered TLD, they are in affect now tied in to
using that identity ONLY for that narrowly defined business type.
That is unfortunate for them, and I bet it will be quite unpopular in that
regard.
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E-Mail: William X. Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 16-Feb-99
Time: 13:36:19
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