[31340] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Root zone change -- d.gtld-servers.net
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas Marshall Eubanks)
Wed Sep 20 06:56:36 2000
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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 07:00:11 -0400
From: Thomas Marshall Eubanks <tme@21rst-century.com>
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To: Nathan Lane <nathan@terminus.com>
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Nathan Lane wrote:
>
> [Soapbox on]
>
> I have heard this "market speak" and these battles are difficult to
> fight, IMHO. They are all spreading FUD, making middle managers wonder
> if Tuvalu is the best domain space since toasters. Recently, my team
> was able to start the process to decom 6000 gtld names. The moment our
> counsel hears of someone reclaims one of those, there will be hell to
> pay.
>
> As for US, Manning setup the only sane structure but it met with great
> disdain for some reason unknown to me. Too many dots is all I hear.
> Now it goes to the DOC and all those other three letters. Quite a loss
> to the community.
>
> [Soapbox off]
>
> -Nathan Lane
When I last looked into getting a domain in our state.us domain, I heard
bad things about the registrar, and the fees, and the lack of transparency. It
isn't just the dots - it would have really helped to have set up a truly
competitive
registration system for the entire .us space.
Maybe it has changed by now...
Regards
Marshall Eubanks
T.M. Eubanks
Multicast Technologies, Inc.
e-mail : tme@on-the-i.com
http://www.on-the-i.com http://www.buzzwaves.com
