Hi, On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 07:18:31AM -0700, Randy Bush wrote:
As far as I understand, the threat from APNIC and RIPE to just ditch ICANN and get on without it seems to have had quite some effect.
If all non-US-ccTLD registries (of which there are lots more than US-based) start beating ICANN with joint forces, I'm pretty sure that this will have an effect.
and why should they trust ripe and apnic more than icann? all act from positions of power while claiming service.
I was just argueing that "the internet will work fine without ICANN, so maybe they should actually start being productive for the money they burn". Gert Doering -- NetMaster -- Total number of prefixes smaller than registry allocations: 56535 (56318) SpaceNet AG Mail: netmaster@Space.Net Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Tel : +49-89-32356-0 80807 Muenchen Fax : +49-89-32356-299