Hi Kiggs, friends, i've not had any single problem with CFI and "uncle Charlie" as some call him.
Someone (a rumor monger?) mentioned before elections that the government wanted the .ug domain under its control so that it could turn it off in case people started saying "bad" things. Hey, i dont know what truth is in the matter but i hear that some people in blue shirts sending "unauthorized" SMSes around the same period got cut off. All heresay, but interesting stuff for me to amuse one when there's nothing interesting on TV. However, i think CFI is competent and helpful. They have even re-connected domains upon a phone call and an offer to pay. Any efforts on my part to help/save CFI would be entirely based on self interest. They are doing a good job and enabling me to make money. One man making a lot of money is totally acceptable to me when he makes it honestly, in a way that enables me to also get some! My 2 cents. Disclaimer: I am a patriotic Ugandan, etc, etc. Please dont fwd my email to the defunct UCC though it has been swallowed whole by some other organization! :-) Richard On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Kiggundu Mukasa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Maybe its just me ... but which toes did CFI step on to warrant this? > > I agree some of their fees are steep (like I think if you pay for a domain > then you should not be charged separately to access the management interface > for the domain ... and double the domain fees at that!). > > But the domain prices are in line with what is charged in the US (about $30 > per annum). IN the US once you buy a domain you get to manage it immediately > at no extra fee. > > But then UCC could tell them to remove or lower some tarrifs. > > I have not had a problem with CFI and my domains ....... in fact I have had > more problems moving a domain from one ISP to another. > > Maybe someone thought there was too much money going to one company..... > > The reasons given in the document are > i. Registration and renewal is too expensive > ii. Appears to be monopolised by a single agent > iii. Since it is a national resource, it should not be managed privately > unless under outsourcing arrangements > > reason iii. Is a stupid statement. Then we should never have invited MTN, > Airtel/Celtel, Warid and other telecomms companies to come and compete with > UTL. UTL was in charge of all telecomms in Uganda so why did we let other > private companies come and manage a "National resource"? Or why have we > invited Tullow, The Italians and Chinese to manage oil? > > reason ii. is not a reason .... We effectively have one company for CEMENT > in Uganda, we have just sold the railway to ONE company, RVR which is > private .... we have one UMEME (private) ..... these are MUCH bigger > companies with much greater strangle holds on the country than domain names > ... I am sure there are more examples of single product companies in Uganda > but I am too lazy to research. > > At the beginning of the document it states > " The number of registrations of Internet domain names in a country is > also a measure of its popularity in the Internet space." > This was the most laughable statement .... according to this statement .... > Tuvalu the island nation with the .tv domain is then the most wired and > internet savy nation in the world!. Yet all Tuvalu did was sell .tv to > Verisign! > If we gave away .ug domain names for free would that put internet into > every school in Uganda? > > I remember the last ICT minister was trying to take over the over head > fiber optic lines owned by UMEME and being used by the telecoms companies > under similar reasoning. > > Anyway I would love to have a drink with the CFI folks and ask them to kiss > and tell .... > > My two cents > > Kiggs > > > On Jun 8, 2011, at 9:49 AM, Reinier Battenberg wrote: > > Hi, > > It seems there is an attempt going on by the Ministry of ICT to form a new > body to manage the .ug tld. The document describing the reasoning behind > this > you can download from here > > > http://www.ict.go.ug/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=54&Itemid=61 > > One of the steps in this whole process is gathering feedback from the > community, which so far has been done by meetings on invitation. > > Maybe its a good idea to exchange some ideas around the concept here, too. > > -- > rgds, > > Reinier Battenberg > Director > Mountbatten Ltd. > +256 758 801 749 > www.mountbatten.net > > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). 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