[9464] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Changing the Rules...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Philip J. Nesser II)
Thu May 22 04:05:20 1997
From: "Philip J. Nesser II" <pjnesser@martigny.ai.mit.edu>
To: mhurst@fastlane.ca
Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 04:00:34 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: perry@piermont.com, newdom@ar.com, isp-marketing@sparknet.net,
nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.970522021022.4154C-100000@fastlane.ca> from "Marc Hurst" at May 22, 97 02:18:32 am
Marc Hurst supposedly said:
>
>
> On Thu, 22 May 1997, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>
> > Duane Little writes:
> > > Gee, this sort of thing looks a lot like the routine abuse of position
> > > and authority which is the usual result of a monopoly.
> > >
> > > The monopoly in this case? --- IANA.
> >
> > The government of Hati sent Jon Postel a request that the .HT domain
> > be reassigned. The wishes of the government were followed. Is it your
> > contention that the wishes of the Hatian government should NOT have
> > been followed? Can you give us a basis in international law that makes
> > you think Jon is in a position to deny the request of a sovereign
> > state? Do you think the U.S. State Department would be pleased with
> > Jon if he were to decide arbitrarily to assign any ISO-3166 TLD
> > against the wishes of the government of that country?
>
> SKYSCAPE had offered IANA/Jon Postel to fund the ".ca" domain at no
> cost and no prejudice based on the premise and understanding that the
> Canadian government had stopped funding the project. SKYSCAPE was willing
> to fund the existing infrastructure as is (our cost).
>
>
>
So? As soon as the Canadian Government directs the IANA to delegate ".ca"
to Skyscape I am sure the IANA will change the delegation. Your statement
has no relevance to this discussion.
---> Phil
