At 01:43 AM 6/8/99 GMT, William X. Walsh wrote:
>On Mon, 7 Jun 1999 18:11:53 -0700, Kent Crispin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
>
>>On Tue, Jun 08, 1999 at 12:03:06AM +0000, William X. Walsh wrote:
>>> NSI benefits from the prepay rule, because the vast majority of
>>> registrations are processed by third parties(ISPs) on behalf of their
>>> customers, and they are not about to tie up their capital in $70
>>> registration fees paid in advance.
>>
>>There are two NSI's -- the registrar, and the registry,and, given
>>that they are properly separated (BIG assumption), there is no
>>competitive advantage one way or another for the prepayment rule.
>
>There is no motive for NSI to do a prepayment system for their own
>service. But they have forced the registrars to do so.
I'd check who "they" really are.
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