Steve
You raise some
interesting points.
In another forum there
was discussion around some of the current roles used in
whois and how they change. The data from several very large
registrars showed that more than 95% of domains have the
same contact for all roles.
I’d fundamentally
disagree with your comment about the billing contact in
whois. For most registrars (as noted above) it’s just a
field that gets populated and isn’t used for anything.
If we want to reach the
person who pays us we use what we have in our billing
systems, which could easily be something completely
different.
As for DNS operators –
giving them an expanded role as you are suggesting (and not
for the first time) has much wider implications than whois.
While it might be something that is worth exploring I’m not
sure that here is the best place to do it, as it opens up a
rather large can of worms in relation to contractual
relationships etc.,
Regards
Michele
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