http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/12772.html
it is expected that some kind of
A full public airing of
their complaints is expected
next Wednesday when the House
Commerce Committee holds a
hearing on the domain issue.
but i would focus our atention on iana/isoc and poc and see what
for position and function could pab take in the new constelation
Protests are likely to center on
the absence of provisions for
quick introduction of new
top-level domains and for
competition in administering the
name space. A pact concluded
last year under the auspices of
the International Ad Hoc
Committee would have set up
seven new generic top-level
domains and opened up the
business of running them and
registering new names to global
competition.
The international plan -- the
work of groups like the Internet
Society and the Internet
Assigned Numbers Authority, and
supported by big
telecommunications companies in
Europe and the United States --
was itself the target of
criticism by independent
operators who want the freedom
to initiate new top-level
domains on their own.
Neither the global group, now
working under the name Council
of Registrars, nor the
independent body are likely to
be pleased with the government's
work. A full public airing of
their complaints is expected
next Wednesday when the House
Commerce Committee holds a
hearing on the domain issue.
sascha