[90264] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: MEDIA: ICANN rejects .xxx domain
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peter Dambier)
Fri May 12 14:48:58 2006
Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 20:48:27 +0200
From: Peter Dambier <peter@peter-dambier.de>
Reply-To: peter@peter-dambier.de
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <20060512102318.T87774@sprockets.gibbard.org>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Steve Gibbard wrote:
...
> Note that there are a lot more TLDs than just .COM, .NET, .ORG, etc.
> The vast majority of them are geographical rather than divided based on
> organizational function. For large portions of the world, the local TLD
> allows domain holders to get a domain paid for in local currency, for a
> price that's locally affordable, with local DNS servers for the TLD.
> For gTLDs they'd have to pay in US dollars, at prices that are set for
> Americans, and have them served far away on the other ends of expensive
> and flaky International transit connections.
>
> -Steve
The problem with ccTLDs is the same as with telefone numbers. You lose
them as soon as you move.
Maybe that is not a problem in north america, but in europe it is. You
must live in a country to be allowed to register and keep a domain there.
Peter and Karin
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