ccTLD operators do not "rule", was Re: Concern about ...

Sun Mar 11 17:14:30 UTC 2012

At 16:38 -0800 3/10/12, Owen DeLong wrote:

>The more telling fallacy here that really speaks to the heart of why I
>am dismayed and disappointed by ICANN's management of the whole TLD mess
>is the idea that a CCTLD is the property of a TLD operator to begin with.

This is not true.  First, there is the ccTLD itself - it is an 
organization that is recognized has having legitimate claim to the 
country code.  These do change at times.  Then there is the ccTLD 
operator.  Some ccTLDs "own and operate" and some do out source the 
technical operations, sometimes just DNS, sometimes everything (e.g., 
the database).

When out sourcing, the ccTLD "owner" makes contractural demands of 
the operator.  If the ccTLD requires an in-country DNS presence that 
is easily arranged by the operator.  (The operator reflects the cost 
in the price.)  With the growing awareness of the role of the 
Internet, ccTLDs do not let the operator "do their thing."

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