[28135] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: NetSol screwing the pooch?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Allen Simpson)
Fri Apr 14 07:55:29 2000
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Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 07:53:32 -0400
From: William Allen Simpson <wsimpson@greendragon.com>
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Patrick Greenwell wrote:
>
> On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, William Allen Simpson wrote:
> > The problem isn't ICANN,
>
> I suggest you look more closely at what exactly they have produced.
>
With regard to operational issues, I have followed the general
proceedings of ICANN. The results seem to be well considered. For
example, the resolutions of .pn and .ps are reasonable and documented.
Other than the USG agreements with NSI, which ICANN is required to
follow for operational continuity, I have found no operational
decisions by ICANN. Perhaps you could be more explicit?
The issue raised here is that NSI is operationally incompetent.
Wresting the whois database and name server operations from NSI will
be difficult, even with concerted action by ISPs.
As an example in a related communications industry, I offer MediaOne
cable service. MediaOne and predecessors have been in violation of
their franchise agreement for over 20 years. They don't deliver
service in locations where it is expensive to install, including
downtown Ann Arbor, despite explicit contractual requirements. They
have never met federal or local requirements for customer support,
both for timeliness of resolution and reporting of results.
Yet, it has proven impossible to deny them franchise renewal. So far,
only two such denials have been upheld by courts, both in Kentucky.
Attorneys for the City of Ann Arbor advised the cable commission that
denying franchise renewal would be prohibitively expensive and
ultimately fruitless given the existing legal climate.
I conclude that, if the major ISPs desire a change, they will need to
work together to move the DNS registry service outside of the US, and
be willing to defy unreasonable and irrational US court orders.
How do you propose to make it work?
WSimpson@UMich.edu
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