William and all,
Unfortunately one cannot place all the responsibility on Register.com for
their imposing pre-payment of registering a domain name, as they
were required to sign the "Accreditation Agreement" with ICANN in order
to become a ICANN registrar. This responsibility lies with the ICANN
Interim Board alone...
William X. Walsh wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Jun 1999 09:34:30 +0200 , Roberto Gaetano
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Hi.
> >
> >Richard Sexton wrote:
> > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >> >I'd say this is a pretty clear determination of the effects NSI's
> >> >prepayment requirement is going to have on its new and future
> >> >prospective registrars.
> >>
> >> Where were you 6 months ago when it seemed like I was the only one on
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] advocating no prepayment???
> >>
> >The big issue, as I see it, is not "prepayment yes" vs. "prepayment no",
> >but "prepayment yes for some and no for others".
> >It is self-evident (please correct me if I'm wrong) that this situation is
> >not a level field for competition.
>
> More like this should not be an issue imposed by the registry or
> ICANN, but a decision each registrar should make. The registry should
> not penalize or charge registrars for cancellations provided they do
> not excessively exceed the normal averages for non-pay cancellations.
>
> Lets face it, the registry has EXTREMELY little cost involved for
> inserting and then removing that entry (I'd venture to say none at
> all). Let the registrars decide what is the best model for them and
> their target markets. The registrar that sets up a no prepay secure
> email interface for ISPs to funnel new registrations through will see
> an influx of millions of dollars of registrations from the ISPs that
> are tired of dealing with NSI, and are awaiting a registrar that will
> meet their needs.
>
> CORE? Is anyone listening? Fight the prepay requirement, and the
> business could be yours. (I'm not asking register.com, they were
> already asked, and they obviously failed to do so).
>
> --
> William X. Walsh
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>
> The Law is not your mommy or daddy to go crying
> to every time you have something to whimper about.
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