[bdinet] RE: Registration of Top Level Domain for Bangladesh

[Jim Fleming]

On Sunday, March 30, 1997 11:30 PM, David R. Conrad[SMTP:davidc at apnic.net] wrote:
@ Hi,
@ 
@ Hope you don't mind the intrusion, but...
@ 
@ I got burned last time I tried this, I thought I'd try again.  Note
@ however that APNIC has _NO_ say whatsoever in the final decision
@ whether the TLD gets allocated or to whom that allocation occurs.  All
@ we do is provide input to the IANA (when they ask) so they can make
@ the decision.
@ 
@ >IMHO it would 
@ >be very nice if the IBM/Teleglobe/BTTB enterprise would consider "joint 
@ >management of .bd Top Level Domain with existing service providers", from 
@ >the outset - rather than going for the whole case alone. 
@ 
@ I agree.  More specifically, I would like to encourage the formation
@ of a consortium in which each of the BD Internet "stakeholders" has an
@ opportunity for input in the decisions on management of the .BD
@ domain, Stakeholders would ideally include government, industry, and
@ academic representatives.  The administration of a TLD is actually a
@ real pain in the neck (*everybody* at one time or another whines at
@ you) -- it is best to spread the pain as much as possible.
@ 
@ Regards,
@ -drc
@ 
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@ 

Here is an international example of why the people that
handle IP allocations and domain names should be part
of the same regional registry.

Despite people's claims that IP allocations and domain
name issues are not in any way related, we can see
above that they are related because Internet infrastructure
is hard to establish and if these two critical functions are
separated inefficiencies and disputes can arise.

This is why ARIN (http://www.arin.net) makes no sense.
Instead, the numerous TLD registries being created by
the eDNS efforts (http://www.edns.net) should be allowed
to step in (if they choose to) and handle some of the
IP address allocation duties.

The original NSF, IS, DS, and RS InterNIC model can be
used to grow the Internet Infrastructure in the U.S. and
around the world. To divide the InterNIC at this point
makes no sense.

If the InterNIC model is cloned in various locations around
the world, then discussions like those above will have
an obvious agency where the people should turn. This
will avoid the run arounds and the vague language as
seen above where APNIC advises the IANA (when asked)
yet the IANA makes the decisions.

--
Jim Fleming
Unir Corporation
http://www.Unir.Corp

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