A VAST majority of domain registrations are processed by ISPs on behalf of their customers. Despite NSI's advertising, end users rarely register their names themselves. The prepayment requirement forced onto registrars has prevented these registrars from developing a simple interface for ISPs to funnel registrations through, thus forcing them to continue funneling their registration business through NSI's registrar setup. This restriction on the ability of registrars to cancel unpaid domains without penalty is just one of many reasons why real competition is not present in the domain registration field. This restriction shows in the most clear ways how this setup has done nothing but create a new sales force for NSI. NSI does not lose at $9/yr per name, since they lose the cost of supporting that domain in any fashion. Pricing has not provided any incentive (yet) for people to use another registrar. Prepayment requirements have made sure that the bulk of Netsol's source of business, ISPs, must continue using the NSI registrar setup. Where exactly is NSI facing a competitive environment? This has got to be the second biggest joke in the entire DNS debate (the first having been the ICANN "interim" board supposedly being formed only to create the ICANN structure). Stop calling this competition. It's only an illusion. -- William X. Walsh General Manager, DSo Internet Services Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax:(209) 671-7934 The Law is not your mommy or daddy to go crying to every time you have something to whimper about.
