Charges of monopoly abuses make us question
the powers that be, and the rules governing them.
The stakes are great in the cyberspace land rush.
Open competition will help only if the playing field
is level. Again and still, we need an open Internet
constitution with a bill of rights & responsibilities.
Our global network needs interactive democracy.
Ken Freed
Media Visions Webzine
http://www.media-visions.com
>For years now, companies like Iperdome and
>IO Design have been calling for competition
>in the name space. Not fake competition, at
>the "registrar" level, but real competition,
>at the "registry" level.
>
>Instead, many have attempted to devolve NSI's
>monopoly through rules, regulations, and all
>sorts of other machinations. Now, people
>are complaining about the results.
>
>Competition *will* address these complaints.
>How many more years must we wait?
>
>Respectfully,
>
>Jay Fenello
>President, Iperdome, Inc.
>404-943-0524 http://www.iperdome.com
>
>
>At 02:56 PM 3/21/99 , Robert Raisch wrote:
>>I call for the immediate re-evaluation of Network Solutions contract and a
>>further hastening of the creation of an infrastructure of competitive
>>registrars. Each moment we delay in doing so only furthers Network Solutions
>>iron grip on the market, causing irreparable damage to competition.
>>
>>What is most egregous about this recent action is that by bundling further
>>services in e-commerce, web, and e-mail hosting, with their existing domain
>>name registration services, Network Solutions seeks to leverage its current
>>market monopoly position unfairly against those providing the same services
>>but lacking government-sanctioned control of the market. This is why
>>unchecked monopolies are so dangerous.
>>
>>Futhermore, Network Solutions seeks to butress its shaky future market
>>position by taking acts today contrived to confuse the consumer into
>>believing
>>it *is* the Internic. As such, this recent highjacking of the Internic is
>>nothing but simple theft, since I - and every other U.S. taxpayer - paid for
>>the creation of Internic's brand value, now held hostage.
>>
>>It is plain to me that we must act quickly to quell this rape of the market.
>>If we do not, we sanction Network Solution's further market entrenchment; one
>>built so firmly and rigidly into the existing infrastructure as to
>>effectively
>>destroy any possibility for real competition.
>>
>>This is yet another of the dangers I spoke of in 1993, at the 26th IETF
>>meeting in Colombus, Ohio, when Internic was formed and Network Solutions was
>>handed this power by our government.
>>--
>>Robert Raisch, Internet Hired Gun <http://www.raisch.com>
>>First snow, then silence-This thousand dollar screen-dies so beautifully.
