>>
>>Tangent Computing Ltd., Shepherd's software distribution company, was
>>bounced off the World Wide Web in late July by Japanese authorities after
>>he switched to a U.S.-based Internet service to host his company's e-mail
>>accounts. It seems that a group of Japanese-based Internet providers,
>>operating with the approval of the government, controls who gets to play --
>>and how much they pay -- to get access to the World Wide Web in Japan.
>>
>It was the same thing years ago, a Compuserve account allowed me to get my
>email everywhere in the world, except in Japan, where a special message
>came up that said: you cannot avail of email services here.
>I would actually have to subscribe to Niftyserve in order to get my mail.
>
>But what does the article mean with web access?
Joop , I believe it is saying that, if you do not host a .jp domain with a
Japanese-based ISP/hosting service that charges high prices, for net users
in Japan your domain name will not be accessible: NO web access. For those
outside Japan, the domain name will be accessible.
This is extremely foolish and short-sighted on the part of the Japanes
hosting services, IMO.
>>``Basically, we were shut down for not using a Japanese Internet
>>provider,'' said Shepherd, a Canadian, who does 90 percent of his software
>>distribution business through the Net.
>
>What does Shepherd mean by "shut down"?
See above.
>>Dozens of entrepreneurs such as Israeli businessman Todd Walzer have found
>>they could not use their Internet addresses in Japan -- known in Internet
>>parlance as a ``domain names'' -- unless they also used a Japanese Internet
>>service provider. Japanese firms, however, are usually slower and far more
>>expensive than overseas providers, foreign businessmen say.
>>
>Somebody doesn't know what he is talking about.
>I guess that this means that you cannot get a .jp domain, unless through a
>hosting arrangement.
>So why would a foreign firm want to have a .jp domain, if he can get any
>other and for a lot less?
Not just foreign firms, Japanese firms that think they need a .jp domain
name. Perhaps that is a way they can get the name they want, and for
reasons of national pride or whatever do not want a domain ending in
another country designation (and they can't get the name they want at
".com" - who can these days?)
>For the .com, .org, .net TLD's this is about to change, with the U.S.
>government starting to take charge.
>An open question is wether this will mean US jurisdiction over .com domains.
I have not read anything suggesting that "the U.S. >government starting to
take charge." Quote me a source on that please. It is proposed to be a
non-governmental body, I believe.
Barry
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