RE: Future of IANA (and IETF)

[Jim Fleming <JimFleming at doorstep.unety.net>]

On Tuesday, February 03, 1998 2:48 PM, Kent Crispin[SMTP:kent at songbird.com] wrote:
@On Tue, Feb 03, 1998 at 02:08:04PM -0600, Karl Denninger wrote:
@> On Tue, Feb 03, 1998 at 08:32:16AM -0800, Dave Crocker wrote:
@> > 
@> > Given the force of the White House and the generally positive press the
@> > Green Paper is getting, there needs to be a concerted campaign to educate
@> > the public about the detriments caused by allowing registries to be run as
@> > for-profits.
@
@> You mean the "detriments" of better service and lower prices, right?
@
@I think he is referring to the detriments such as NSI charging $50 
@for something that, according to all accounts I've seen, costs them $5 
@or less.  [That figure alone should remove all doubt that a TLD 
@registry is in fact a pure monopoly.]
@
@I think if you want a clear example of better service and lower 
@prices you should look to Nominet.
@

Kent,

Who is going to pay for all of the costs that you
have personally helped to add to the Registry Industry ?

Are you still an employee of the U.S. Government ?

Will the U.S. Government be paying for all of the costs
that the CORE registrars have incurred ?
Will the ISOC ?
Will USC/ISI ?

Is it true that CORE is now requesting $2,000 per
month from each of the 80+ registrars ?


Jim Fleming
Unir Corporation
IBC, Tortola, BVI