TLD Policy
Marcel Schneider schneider at switch.ch
Wed Jul 15 10:54:15 CEST 1998
On Tuesday, 14 Jul 1998, =?iso-8859-1?B?SnVhbiBFZGdhciBO+vFleg==?= writes: Hello Edgar, > I am the new TLD administrator for DO. Welcome to the club! Santo Domingo is, however, not fully in Europe (well, you never know these days) and I think an APNIC forum (try www.apng.org for a start) may be better suited for you. RIPE has also set up a DL called tldadmin at ripe.net. > And I am looking forward to implement > new policy about the cost that will have the Domain Name Registration under > our TLD. So I would like to know what are you doing about that and whish are > the main points that you are taking on mind to do so. Are you referring to a tariff structure ? Or a policy on fees ? Please clarify. > An important matter about what we are concern is the cost that most have the > domain name registration for educational and non-for-fit organizations. It > is important for me and my organization to know what is your policy related > to this organization. Many ccTLD's operate on a bona fide cost recovery basis. There is service to be performed for the Internet. But there are strong tendencies towards a split model, with a registry, performing general functions like WHOIS, name servers and possibly accounting and (multiple) registrars who directly interact with registrants. The latter may be for profit but are in competition with each other so the market should decide. The registrars share a common registry. So much to current practice and tendencies. It is difficult if not impossible to cover all aspects regarding a registry in one mail ;-). > Thanks very much for the attention that could receive this request. > Edgar Nzqez. Marcel -------- Logged at Wed Jul 15 15:26:10 MET DST 1998 ---------
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