Roberto and all,
Of course, Rome was not built in a day. However we are not living in
Roman times and building regulative and administrative structures
"Using the Internet" instead of Face to Face meetings can be done
better, more accurately, and with wider participation than when Rome
Rome was built. Hence suggesting that the example of "Rome
was not built in a day" is not relevant here....
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Tony Rutkowsi 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.
> >
>
> In principle, it is exactly the same, but not in practice.
>
> The scope is different, and therefore the priorities are different.
>
> As the old (italian) saying goes, Rome was not built in one day.
> This means that if we proceed step by step, we should first assess the
> larger problem, i.e. the problem of a monopolistic business based outside
> Europe operating commercially in Europe, and therefore getting financial
> resources out from Europe. If this fails to happen, there will be no point
> in proceeding further with less important cases, which anyhow are referred
> to policies under the control of the Member states (more or less).
>
> This said, I believe that the European national TLDs will be unter pressure
> to go to a competitive model (as the Telsos did in the past) and that
> therefore "eventually" competition will be allowed in the ccTLDs, but I
> share DG IV's POV that economically and politically NSI's monopoly in
> "general purpose" (not nationally restricted) TLDs is a higher priority.
>
> Regards
> Roberto
>
> P.S.: this answer will not reach Domain Policy readers, as usual
Regards,
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