[21591] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Network Solutions on TV
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick Greenwell)
Mon Nov 16 22:58:04 1998
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 19:04:06 -0800 (PST)
From: Patrick Greenwell <patrick@namesecure.com>
To: Dean Robb <pceasy@norfolk.infi.net>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19981116220148.0086bb70@norfolk.infi.net>
On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Dean Robb wrote:
> >Separation of Registry/Registrar Services:
> >
> >Following the Phase 1 deployment of the Shared Registration System, NSI
> >shall make a certification to the USG every six months designed to
> >demonstrate by means of objective criteria, which shall be
> >agreed upon between USG and NSI, that NSI is providing all licensed
> >Accredited Registrars with equal access to its registry
> >services. NSI also will by February 1, 1999, employ appropriate
> >safeguards, approved by the USG, to ensure that revenues and assets of the
> >registry are not utilized to financially advantage NSI's registrar
> >activities to the detriment of other registrars.
>
> I read this as a requirement that NSI not lock any alternative registrars
> out, nor can they use the registry (or it's database) for unfair advantage.
I had a discussion about this with Ira Magaziner, and he assured me that
NSIs registry would have to be divested of the registrar functions under
this agreement. I think the phrase " ... assests of the registry not be
utilized ... " addresses your concern (and mine.) Such assests would
seem to me to include office space, connectivity, etc.
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