[22711] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Incompetance abounds at the InterNIC
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Edward S. Marshall)
Tue Jan 19 00:48:09 1999
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 23:22:53 -0600 (CST)
From: "Edward S. Marshall" <emarshal@logic.net>
To: Daniel Senie <dts@senie.com>
Cc: Phil Howard <phil@whistler.intur.net>,
John Fraizer <John.Fraizer@EnterZone.Net>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <36A3F850.6E321219@senie.com>
On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Daniel Senie wrote:
> Actually, at this point I'd be happy to supply a credit card or a funded
> InterNIC account number along with applications. Money up front may well
> be the only way to clobber speculators.
Hammer. Nail. Head. >BANG<
Attack the root of the problem: people have made a market of domain
speculation. Raise the stakes for them, and you'll find that they'll be
more inclined to make a living some other way. The current model costs
them absolutely -nothing-, a zero-cost marketplace for speculators.
I have -no- problem with a "payment up front" requirement. I'd hope that
anyone serious about doing real domain management would be willing to pay
in advance.
--
Edward S. Marshall <emarshal@logic.net> [ What goes up, must come down. ]
http://www.logic.net/~emarshal/ [ Ask any system administrator. ]
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