Saturday, July 24, 1999, 10:58:42 AM, Jay Fenello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> To which I would add another type of IP
> -- that of the .com brand.
> It is no small matter that .com is the
> defacto namespace for commercial interests.
> That is a branding success, more than
> anything else.
> Easy access, easy registration policies,
> a huge reseller channel, significant
> investments in infrastructure, marketing,
> etc. have given NSI their huge market share.
> I suspect that, had any of the ccTLDs
> been as competitive in the marketplace,
> NSI would not have the market share
> it does today.
ccTLDs have a set of disadvantages to start with. The association
with a particular country. For individuals, and hobbists, and a small
set of others, ccTLDs that permitted global registrations provided a
cheap, and many times simpler, way to get domain names.
They have had about as much of "out of country" market as the third
level registries have had in total registrations. The DHS.org
registry (operated by former staff of the defunct ml.org project)
had the following numbers as of last Monday : 31357 registered domains
to 31226 unique users. They are showing serious growth trends as
well.
I say that the best part of competition at the registry level is that
it will make second level domains more accessible to a wider audience
at a fraction of the cost, since registries will be competing for this
market. I believe strongly that this area of the domain registrations
(which is barely being tapped at the moment) could turn out to be the
biggest market of the future, unless this single model for all
registry garbage is approved.
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William X. Walsh
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