Statements against new.net?

Wed Mar 14 10:58:08 UTC 2001

> From: David R. Conrad [mailto:david.conrad at nominum.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 7:35 PM

> The issue isn't really about this however.  New.Net is not a 
> part of a 
> cooperative.  They are a commercial company deciding on their 
> own what is 
> or is not a good top level domain -- they are asserting (with 
> the help of 
> @Home, Earthlink, mp3.com, etc.) that they are the unique naming 
> authority.  I, for one, do not believe that this is 
> appropriate or desirable.

Now we are getting to the problem that I have with new.net. They are, like
the ICANN, ignoring other efforts completely. The difference is that they
are ALSO ignoring ICANN and it's new TLDs.

I'd like to say that this is a bed that ICANN has made for itself. It would
be a correct statement. However, that does not solve the problem.