Re: [icann-eu] ICANN Board's TLD resolution

[Harald Alvestrand <Harald@Alvestrand.no>]

At 17:20 18/11/2000 +0100, Marc Schneiders wrote:
> > but seemed to dismiss
> > the idea of assigning a monopoly open registry with a high price
> > level.
>
>I must try to see the show again. I cannot at all remember this to
>have been a big issue. Not that it isn't important.

the remark I remember was something like "we started this whole thing, and 
introduced the registry/registrar split, to get away from monopolies and 
high prices - why should we go back to that at this stage?"

>A registry that acts as sole registrar does not in itself constitute a
>monopoly, of course, as long as there are more registries.

it's a monopoly registrar for *that domain*, of course.

>  I for one
>cannot see, that this is a problem from now on. Why not have
>'exclusive' domains at a higher price?

That's the .biz model. It will be interesting to see how that plays out.

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