Oh please, some fat-trimming all around is indicated.
NSI is a million-pound gorilla in need of liposuction, not to mention
prozac.
BUT ... on the other side of the pond, someone certainly needs to look into
the cozy little arrangements in Europe - now what exactly are the
requirements to become a member of DENIC?? -- and not just with domain names
either. It takes time to break down entrenched telecom behavior (high
access fees, indifferent to ghastly service).
Go go DG IV.
Antony
>
>Hi Werner,
>
>Glad to see you're still around
>
>[Irascible comment skimmed.]
>
>>But could you clarify *whom* the EC tries to protect by investigating
>>NSI, in your opinion?
>
>You're asking the same question that I am! Who in
>Europe are they protecting when the domestic DNS markets
>are so much more non-competitive, higher priced, delayed,
>regulated there? The net result is to drive customers
>to use COM, NET, and ORG abroad.
>
>One would expect DG IV to be investigating the domestic
>European registrars, introducing competition, and otherwise
>eliminating the undesirable attributes so the DNS sales
>opportunities don't get bled off. But then again, the
>frequent tactic in the past has generally been to "level
>the playing field" by inflicting all the bureaucratic
>and regulatory malaise on the rest of the world.
>
>
>--tony
>
