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(Fwd) FW: [wg-c] Geographically allocated names



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I felt free to forward...
siegfried

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From:           	john.c.lewis@bt.com
To:             	svl@nrw.net
Subject:        	FW: [wg-c] Geographically allocated names
Date sent:      	Mon, 19 Jul 1999 11:13:38 +0100

Seigfried,

While I keep getting bounced by my internal servers from responding to
wg-c@dnso.org, I can at least reply to your comments (I hope)

Regards

John C Lewis
Manager - International Organisations Europe
BT delegate ETNO Executive Board
BT delegate EURODATA Foundation Board
Tel: +44 (0) 1442 295258 Mob: +44 (0) 802 218271
Fax: +44 (0) 1442 295861

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Lewis,JC,John,IAR12 LEWISJC3 X 
> Sent:	19 July 1999 10:23
> To:	'wg-c@dnso.org''
> Cc:	Holmes,AR,Tony,NOC16 X
> Subject:	RE: [wg-c] Geographically allocated names
> 
> This is a fundamentally logical and unavoidable conclusion. 
> 
> However the corollary is where does the experience and expertise lie in
> policy production and administration of global numbering structures ? 
> 
> Regards
> 
> John C Lewis
> Manager - International Organisations Europe
> BT delegate ETNO Executive Board
> BT delegate EURODATA Foundation Board
> Tel: +44 (0) 1442 295258 Mob: +44 (0) 802 218271
> Fax: +44 (0) 1442 295861
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Siegfried Langenbach [SMTP:svl@nrw.net]
> Sent:	19 July 1999 10:14
> To:	wg-c@dnso.org
> Subject:	Re: [wg-c] Geographically allocated names
> 
> Hallo,
> 
> I have to agree with Onno. I fail to see the logic having
> - "international" TLD?s on one side
> - divided by geo-regions.
> 
> siegfried
> 
> On 18 Jul 99, at 20:59, Onno Hovers wrote:
> 
> > In article <3791F579.A84386D8@syr.edu> Milton Mueller wrote:
> > > One way to give the creation of new TLDs a more international flavor
> > > is to use the world regions to allow registries from each region to
> > > define and operate a certain number of names.
> > 
> > > For example, North America would be given 20 gTLDs that would be based
> > > on English.
> > 
> > There already is a geographically allocated naming system: ccTLDs.
> > Why would you reinvent the wheel? Do you think that there is
> > anything wrong with the ccTLD system? You do know that for the
> > ccTLD operators the current ccTLD system is a dogma?
> > 
> > Your proposal would require entire world regions to agree on gTLDs.
> > World regions already have enough problems agreeing on more important
> > things like trade, peace, etc.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > -- 
> > Onno Hovers (onno@surfer.xs4all.nl)
> > 
> 

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