Israel starts charging for registration costs

Hank,

Sorry for reacting late, but as you know we're swamped and I didn't
have time until now..

On Thu, 20 Oct 94 17:37:50 IST  Hank Nussbacher wrote:
> Since I brought up the point previously, and since it was discussed in
> Lisbon (I was unfortunately not able to attend), I guess I should show
> what we have done in Israel in this regards.  Below is a document that
> has been circulated.
> 
>    - Any organization wanting a class C IP network will be charged
>      $50 per class C network assigned.

Does this mean that someone can buy 32 C's for $1600 or is technical
motivation still required? I hope I know the answer, but on the other hand,
evaluating a request for 32 C's is something different than
processing a single C..

> Previously, organizations or individuals not connected to the
> Internet where not allowed to register a domain name.  Now, any
> person or organization can secure a domain name for a $50 one-time
> fee.  Once the organization or individual gains connectivity
> to the Internet, they will already have a domain name reserved
> for them.

Doesn't this mean you are doing double work? I don't see what benefit
registering a domain name has without proper facilities in place.
If John Doe would come to you to register FooBar.co.il, but is not
set up then, what does Machba do? What does Machba do when the
infrastructure comes online later? It looks to me like the actual 
work needs to be done at the time the delegation is made - 
checking if the nameservers involved are operational, have the
zones loaded, have sensible parameters in the SOA records (RFC1537!),
and are authoritive in the first place..
What does 'registration' mean except opening the ability to lock others
out using certain names, even if there is no relation to a domain name
and an operational network?

Also, aren't you inflicting much extra work on the Internic now?
Since they don't charge for the .com domain, I fear many will flea
to that. And .com already is about to collapse...

Geert Jan