[ICANN-EU] 0:253 - WEB

["JIM FLEMING" <jfleming@anet.com>]

0:253 - WEB
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/130dftmail/unir.txt
http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/sdks/platform/tpipv6/start.asp

The .WEB Comunity is alive, well and growing...has the $35 been adjusted ?

$15 - yournameWEB.com Registration (www.dotster.com)
$15 - yourname-WEB.com Registration (www.dotster.com)
$28 - yourname.WEB.com Registration (www.web.com)
$35 - yourname.WEB IOD TLD Servers (www.webtld.com)
$10 - IOD 3rd level delegations (not yet operational)
$50 - Annual .WEB UltraDNS Service (one domain) (www.ultradns.com)
$20 - ICANN Best-Effort Registration Service (www.regland.com)
$10 - ICANN Registration Fee (estimated on $6/yr for .COM) (www.icann.org)

$183 - Sub-Total Annual Fees


Jim Fleming
http://Register.WEB.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>
To: Alexander Svensson <svensson@icannchannel.de>
Cc: <icann-europe@fitug.de>; icann board address <icann-board@icann.org>;
Ken Stubbs <kstubbs@DNINET.NET>; Ken Stubbs <kstubbs@revenue.com>; Ken
Stubbs (Yahoo address) <kstubbs@yahoo.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2000 2:25 AM
Subject: Re: [ICANN-EU] ICANN report on proposed new TLDs


> Alexander and all,
>
> Alexander Svensson wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > the ICANN review of the 44 TLD applications
> > (by outside advisors) is now online at
> >  http://www.icann.org/tlds/report/
> >
> > I have prepared a simplified thumbs-up-or-not chart at
> >  http://www.icannchannel.org/tlds/
> > Click on the symbols to read the relevant passages
> > of the report.
>
>   After reading several times the "ICANN Evaluation" on the .WEB
> application by IOD and having several of our staff also do a independent
>
> review as well, we have come to the opinion that the influence of Ken
> Stubbs and the NC which have several members that are well known
> as being anti-IOD and anti-Chris Ambler in particular, have influenced
> their "Thumbs-Down" rating that you provide here Alexander.
>
>
>   Here for those that are paying close attention the ICANN boards
> seemingly "Thumbs Down" review:
>
> 2.      ICANN's Evaluation.
>
> "The strengths of this application lie in its general understanding of
> the Internet domain name market.  The weaknesses of this application lie
> in its less than realistic plans.  First, IOD expects to obtain a 15 to
> 23 percent market share of all new registrations in the very first
> quarter of operation, even with additional competition from other new
> top-level domains.  It assumes one third of these applications will be
> for prepaid registrations of five to ten year increments at a combined
> registry/registrar price of $35 per name per year.  This combination
> creates a very large influx of money to finance operations, with IOD's
> cash balance increasing from $450,000 to $37.4 million in three months
> at the 50 percent confidence level, which is 83 times larger.  The need
> for this influx presumably is the motivation for IOD's insistence on
> being the sole registrar during startup.  Nonetheless, the
> business/technical team does not believe these projections are
> realistic.  Second, according to the pro-forma financial statements, IOD
> will act as the registry and the sole registrar for the entire first
> year.  Even by
> the end of the fourth year, after other registrants have been permitted
> to compete for three years, IOD estimates that it will still obtain a 30
> percent registrar market share within the TLD, and that it will do so
> with a $20.00 registrar markup.  This is inconsistent with experience in
> .com, .net and .org.
>
>             Despite this new competition, IOD anticipates maintaining
> its $15 registry price throughout the forecast period.  This is at least
> two and a half times the registry prices anticipated by others in this
> category.  This higher price is likely to deter registrars and potential
> registrants.  In addition, with any new venture, there are always many
> unknown factors that will occur.  For this category, becoming a viable
> competitor within the existing
> structure is key.  Holding only $450,000 is a significantly weaker
> capital position than the capital positions of the other applicants.
> Based upon its historical experience, IOD has not demonstrated the
> ability to grow, even when performing other services, such as web
> hosting and design.  Moreover, two of the four employees, the Chief
> Executive Officer and the Chief Operating Officer, are performing two
> roles. The planned management is working at Toyota San Luis Obispo as
> the Chief Executive Officer and Business Manager.  This dual
> responsibility could potentially become problematic for the registry
> operation.  Overall, the other applications in this group are
> significantly more realistic and would result in much more viable
> competition for the .com registry."
>
>   Of course, most of these statements are disinformation nonsense.  An
> old political ploy, but NO SALE here!
>
>
> >
> >
> > A first glance:
> > The ICANN report advises against all .tel-style domains
> > (mainly because ITU sees them as premature) and .kids
> > domains, and also some 'bigger' applicants get bad reviews,
> > among them Nokia and the Universal Postal Union (.post).
> > It seems that the non-commercial ones (.union, .museum,
> > .health) generally get good marks.
> >
> > There still are a number of applications for .com clones
> > (it seems to lead to .biz) and a TLD for personal purposes
> > (.nom/.per/.i). The ICANN report is almost enthusiastic
> > about the .geo proposal by SRI.
>
>   Well of course the .BIZ TLD being a CORE original choice
> for a gTLD some years ago now, would get an ICANN Board
> "Thumbs up" rating given that most knowledgeable and informed
> folks that have been following the "ICANN Experiment" is
> captured by CORE patriots.
>
> >
> >
> > ICANN has drawn up the following categories:
> >
> > 1. General-Purpose TLDs
> >    a. General (.biz, .web etc.)
> >    b. Personal (.nom etc.)
> >    c. Restricted Content (.kids, xxx)
> >    d. Restricted Commercial Group (.fin, .law, .pro etc.)
> > 2. Special-Purpose TLDs (.union, .museum, .air etc.)
> > 3. New Services TLDs (.tel, .pid, .geo etc.)
> >
> > I would hardly be a surprise if one or two TLDs from
> > each category would be picked for the initial set.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > /// Alexander
> >
> > _______________________________________________________
> >   ICANN Channel              http://www.icannchannel.de
>
> Regards,
> --
> Jeffrey A. Williams
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