Re: [wg-c] breaking up (names) is hard to do

[Dave Crocker <dcrocker@brandenburg.com>]

At 09:42 AM 8/26/99 , Milton Mueller wrote:
>John Charles Broomfield wrote:
> > That $9 has NOT been decided by the US gov. It's a figure that NSI pulled
> > out of its hat. It's a figure that NSF/DoC/ICANN are NOT happy about. 
> It's a
> > figure that is being discussed upon.
>I see. The Dept of Commerce did not sign a contract with NSI with that 
>numberin it.
>DoC did not reduce the number to $9 from the initial proposal of $16.

As one who DOES play at being an economist, you would presumably know that 
REAL regulatory processes involve rather more in-your-face interaction 
between the regulating agency and the regulated organization, as well as a 
more open comment and review process.

The simple fact of having a veto hardly counts as sufficient, though yes, 
it does have some effect. However the fact that US$9 is still 2-9 times too 
high makes clear that that effect is small, as does the failure to get NSI 
to change its dispute policy.

>Existing new registrars are not paying that figure. Any other silly assertions
>today?

No, thank you.  Your own silliness is more than sufficient.

d/

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