Michael,
>That's because most governments look at the issue of ccTLD management and
>decide that it is best done by a non-governmental organization as long as
>they operate in a reasonably fair manner.
The same criteria is largely the case on the formal public
networks side of things as well. Under the F.401 root, for
example, it is the ANSI Secretariat which operates as the
registry for the US domain. Presumably a similar body does
this in Canada.
What's important is the basis on which the government acts.
In the public networks side, they act because they have the
exclusive authority under law, and they delegate the responsibility
to a third party. In the Internet arena, they act to facilitate
an industry-user arrangement, if at all. The result may be
the same, but the difference is significant.
--tony
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