Jordyn, As we discussed off-list a few weeks ago, I concur that: o it is unacceptable for new entrants into the registrar space to simply dilute the resources available to (prior entrants) This doesn't just apply to threads in the drop market. o the assumption that NSI and Tucows interests are the interests of a third, or subsequent registrars, is unproved. o the model of "islands" or fractured dns is novel, and in the abstract, is as surprising as deciding that names that begin with "a" are allocated to the "aardvard et fils" registrar. I also concur that: o add storms are not what a registry operator really wants, and the vgrs experience wasn't wonderful, and o the current growth in accreditations presents scaling issues, not just in the ddos effect of add storms, but elsewhere in the design assumptions of epp (and rrp and the registry-registrar model). Eric