[2656] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: NAVYJOBS.COM
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Browning)
Wed Apr 24 20:43:30 1996
From: Jim Browning <jfbb@atmnet.net>
To: "nanog@merit.edu" <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 17:39:45 -0700
>From: Jon Zeeff[SMTP:jon@branch.com]
>
>> a regulator. However, Internet namespace *is* a monopoly;
>> and free market approach does not work here. There's no
>> other Internet to go to if you don't like pricing or
>> features or performance of the current one (and i'm
>
>If I can buy name registration from someone who will put me in .xxx
>for $45/year or I can buy from someone else who will put me in .com
>for $50, then, from my point of view, there certainly isn't
>a monopoly.
Saying .com is not a monopoly is like saying major league baseball is not a monopoly because there are minor leagues....
--
Jim Browning
