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>>Competition among registries would allow registrants
> >to choose among TLDs rather than face a single option.
>
>The premium brand TLD, as with toll free codes, is determined by the marketplace:
>currently .com holds sway, as evidenced by the behavior of end users who prefer it,
>and service providers that cater to it (example: Netscape browser's default to .com).
>
>That said, when 800 became portable in 1993, new toll free codes weren't needed to
>create a competitive base for MCI, Sprint etc. to make a dent in AT&T's toll free
>marketshare - it was incumbent on them and other carriers, instead, to convince 800
>users to move their 800 numbers and service to them ... obviously it worked ...
>
>B. That said, "new TLD's" doesn't fostered competition per se ...
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>Rather, registrars need to be able to compete, unfettered, in TLD's, price, product
>and service bundling, and contract terms.
>
>Regarding the latter, the .to (see http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/990923/ca_tonic_d_1.html)
>company is offering a 100-year contract in order to distinguish itself in the
>marketplace, particularly in response to concerns about the suddenly tenuous hold
>domain name holders have on their domain names since first NSI, and then ICANN,
>adopted their anti-user "Your domain name can be canceled, deleted or transfered at
>any time at our discretion" policies.
>
>So .to is positioning itself as the 'user friendly registrar' by offering domain name
>security to the end user. Will that drive more people from .com to .to? I don't
>know, but the registrar's option to try, is competition at work.
>
>Unfortunately, dot com registrars don't have that option - they are prohibited by
>ICANN from competing in this manner.
>
>Strange, since the goal is to foster competition, and NSI's "Your domain name can be
>canceled, deleted or transfered at any time at our discretion" policy is the primary
>source of user discontent with NSI.
>
>Allowing new registrars to offer a more user-friendly policy, would foster immediate
>(and very welcome) competition with NSI.
>
>But ICANN prohibits it.
>
>This is bad for competition. Bad for registrars. Very bad for all businesses, large
>and small, trademarked and not.
>
>And it serves no public good.
>
>Judith Oppenheimer
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