Patrick Vande Walle ha scritto:
Hi Annette,
Thanks for your kind words.
On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:38:18 +0100, Annette Muehlberg <Annette.Muehlberg@web.de> wrote:
I am not sure about the end of the fifth paragraph:
We suggest that registries should be forced to use registrars only when their size goes beyond certain thresholds (e.g. 50k-100k domains).
This was taken from one of Vittorio's comments. The rationale is that small community-based TLDs may find it difficult to have registrars carry their TLD, which does not generate a lot of income but still a lot of hassle for the registrar. In the end, if no registrar carries those small TLDs, this will effectively kill them. I think it does make sense.
Also, that requirement may be a big problem for TLDs aimed at communities in the developing world - if you look at the list of ICANN-accredited registrars ( http://www.icann.org/en/registrars/accredited-list.html ) there are entire continents where you can find only one or two, if any at all - particularly Latin America and Africa. As a result, you may end up in the absurd but possible situation in which you have a TLD for which there is demand in certain communities, but since there is no accredited registrar interested in that "market" or willing to make business in those countries, you cannot find a registrar willing to sell the domains. Ciao, -- vb. Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu <-------- --------> finally with a new website at http://bertola.eu/ <--------