Internet Administration in the RIPE Area

DEAR Daniel,

[quote]
In the RIPE area the administration of ccTLDs is at widely varying stages of
development. However I'd like
to emphasize that the structures are quite well developed in those countries
with a relatively long Internet
history. Typically ccTLDs in those countries are administered by a
not-for-profit foundation or association
created for that purpose. These bodies are established such that all the
stakeholders can be represented.
These bodies are typically watched very closely by a number of interest
groups, the legislature and the
government.
[end quote]

WHAT do you consider long Internet history? daniel kalchev
(daniel at digsys.bg) claims he provides internet since 1989. And he's the
ccTLD since 1991. Is this long? If it's long, why the .bg is still a private
company, yet an ISP, which is an obvious example of unfair competition?

[quote]
It is important to point out that not all ccTLDs in the RIPE area have yet
reached the sophistication the
oldest ones have. Some of the more recently established ccTLDs are still
administered by single
individuals or academic institutions. However they are all developing and
the trend towards open
non-for-profit self-regulating structures is quite strong.
[end quote]

DO YOU mean Bulgaria is inlcuded in this list, too? Because the .bg tlda is
definitely not doing any of the things you've mentioned above.

regards,

Veni Markovski,
Chairmain, the Internet Society - Bulgaria,
http://www.isoc.bg, http://www.bulgaria.com/isoc/, http://www.bol.bg/isoc/
phone: (+359-2) 9809666, phone/fax (+359-2) 9806431
mailing address: p.o.box 71, Sofia 1164, Bulgaria





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