ICANN Opens .net Redelegation Consultation

Joel Rowbottom writes "The first public draft criteria for the redelegation of the .net gTLD to Verisign's successor (due on 30th June 2005) to a new registry operator is out, and the public comments period commenced on 28th May.It's pretty similar to the .org redelegation criteria. The ICANN announcement is here and gives opportunity to submit comments prior to the final procedure which will be posted at the end of June."

Comments

Re:It's government time!

[Dinglenuts]

But the virtue of the free market is that companies who don't perform to the customers specification soon find themselves out of customers.

My vision of the internet of the future is one of multiple "internets", with localized DNS servers providing localized roadmaps to the World Wide Web. If you don't like the way your current DNS provider is servicing you, simply switch DNS providers.

I know I'm being pretty general with an idea that would be very difficult to implement (at least right now), but as computers continue to grow in power and efficiency, I believe we'll see greater flexibiliity in firmware/hardware that will allow us to make these choices. Additionally, assuming hardware compatability, DNS routing would be the most impossible thing to gain a monopoly on. There would always be competition for the best service/price. In the end, if you really don't like the system, you could always do a little private diversification yourself and reinvent the entire internet in your garage. Protocols, packet handling, what language to use? That's the greatness of the private market.

Re:If I had any faith in them at all

[HBI]

Exactly how do I recall the UN?

No thanks!