Dave and all,
Dave, according to Esther Dysons own testimony on July 22,
ICANN has NO authority. Are you saying now that they do?
If so, what is the nature of that authority? Or maybe Esther
can answer this question for us, Again???
Dave Crocker wrote:
> At 09:44 AM 7/29/99 , Christopher Ambler wrote:
> > > At 12:29 PM 7/29/99 , dibu wrote:
> > > >Well, I think is not the same.
> > > >NSI domain names are international, but country code based domain names
> > > >not.
> > >
> > > From anticompetitive and functional standpoints, it is exactly
> > > the same. The market is the performance of registration/name
> > > resolution value added services for the Internet.
> >
> >Indeed, I can also purchase .cc, .to, and a host of others here in
> >the U.S., and they're country code domains.
> >
> >The lines have blurred sufficiently.
>
> As usual, the distinction between administrative assignment, versus sales
> decisions by the administrative agent, is being ignored.
>
> ccTLDs are assigned on a per-country basis and it is ultimately the
> decision of the country authority how their TLD shall be
> marketed. Countries vary widely in their views concerning competition and
> its relevance to this service.
>
> gTLDs are stricty global and have no intervening authority other than
> IANA/ICANN. Competition on gTLD space is a matter for IANA/ICANN and no
> matter how much NSI resists it, is is happening.
>
> d/
>
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