Re: [IFWP] European Commission to investigate NSI

[A.M. Rutkowski]

Hi Werner,

Glad to see you're still around

[Irascible comment skimmed.]

>But could you clarify *whom* the EC tries to protect by investigating
>NSI, in your opinion?

You're asking the same question that I am!  Who in
Europe are they protecting when the domestic DNS markets
are so much more non-competitive, higher priced, delayed,
regulated there?  The net result is to drive customers
to use COM, NET, and ORG abroad.

One would expect DG IV to be investigating the domestic
European registrars, introducing competition, and otherwise
eliminating the undesirable attributes so the DNS sales
opportunities don't get bled off.  But then again, the
frequent tactic in the past has generally been to "level
the playing field" by inflicting all the bureaucratic
and regulatory malaise on the rest of the world.


--tony