Re: [IFWP] Announcement of the new TLD Association (TLDA)

[Ellen Rony]

Tony Rutkowski wrote:

>To re-emphasize - note that the constituency specified
>by ICANN that you are referencing is not "gTLD" but
>rather "gTLD Registrar."  I believe Network Solutions
>was only being responsive to those boundary conditions.

But now, with the testbed, we have 5 gTLD registrars, actually more, since
CORE is among the group.  CORE includes 90 registrars, two of which are
also in the testbed (Melbourne IT and France Telecom), so in fact there are
93 businesses that qualify under the gTLD registrar designation.

It appears, however, that the established "boundary conditions" have set as
un fait accompli a constituency capture by a special interest (CORE), 90:3.


Ellen Rony                                                     Co-author
The Domain Name Handbook                   http://www.domainhandbook.com
========================       //          =============================
ISBN 0879305150              *="  ____ /               +1 (415) 435-5010
[EMAIL PROTECTED]           \     )                      Tiburon, CA
             On the Internet,    //  \\   no one knows you're a dog.