"Competitive registries?"
Dave, you were an advocate of a "single registry, competitive registrars"
model
for the better part of those FIVE YEARS.
What's changed?
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Christopher Ambler
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> While many people do not understand why there should be an aggressive
> deadline, at all, others note the FIVE YEARS of delay in adding new gTLDs
> and in creating competitive registries.
>
> Many have note that pursuit the entire IANA/ICANN activity has been a very
> successful ploy to delay creation of new gTLDs. Although IANA did/does
> need to evolve, that evolution did not have to be in the critical path of
> adding new gTLDs.
>
> This deprives end-users of choice and aids the entrenchment of the current
> monopoly gTLD provider.