[62408] in North American Network Operators' Group
Fw: Re: ICANN - Formal Complaint re Verisign
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jerry Eyers)
Thu Sep 18 08:10:31 2003
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 08:10:41 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
From: "Jerry Eyers" <jeyers@rebma.com>
To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Reply-To: "Jerry Eyers" <jeyers@rebma.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
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An interesting thought...=0D
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Jerry=0D
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>Jerry,=0D
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>One question - if I previously typed in an URL that was incorrect and wo=
uld
get the usual response from my OWN system, there would be not a real lot =
of
data sent/received to pay for that mistake. Now that Verisign is doing th=
eir
current thing, there is a lot more data being paid by ISPs across the wor=
ld
that shouldnt HAVE to be paid for.=0D
> =0D
>So is anyone thinking of banding together the ISPs in on this formal
complaint citing loss of income >from this? The bigger the ISP - eg AOL -
the bigger the new cost for Verisign advertising, paid at the >ISP's expe=
nse
because of all this. A group of ISPs all complaining should get some acti=
on
you would >think.=0D
> =0D
>I am posting this to you as if you can use it, feel free to post it to
Nanog where I have no posting rights.=0D
> =0D
>Regards, Greg.=0D
> =0D
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<DIV> An interesting thought...</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Jerry</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>>Jerry,</DIV>
<DIV>> </DIV>
<DIV>>One question - if I previously typed in an URL that was incorrec=
t and would get the usual response from my OWN system, there would be not=
a real lot of data sent/received to pay for that mistake. Now that Veris=
ign is doing their current thing, there is a lot more data being paid by =
ISPs across the world that shouldnt HAVE to be paid for.</DIV>
<DIV>> </DIV>
<DIV>>So is anyone thinking of banding together the ISPs in on this fo=
rmal complaint citing loss of income >from this? The bigger the ISP - =
eg AOL - the bigger the new cost for Verisign advertising, paid at the &g=
t;ISP's expense because of all this. A group of ISPs all complaining shou=
ld get some action you would >think.</DIV>
<DIV>> </DIV>
<DIV>>I am posting this to you as if you can use it, feel free to post=
it to Nanog where I have no posting rights.</DIV>
<DIV>> </DIV>
<DIV>>Regards, Greg.</DIV>
<DIV>> </DIV>
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