Question Regarding Behaviour Of German Top Level Registry

> The InterNIC handles domains without the checks and maintenance that is
common
> practice of the majority of European NICs, whether they apply fees to
recover
> their costs or not.
>

Ok, this legalizes a one-time setup fee, we all charge one. But not 390
bucks
year after year. And what kind of maintenance is done to a Name-Server
Record ? 
 
> Service may be free of charge or not. This has been intentionally left out
of
> RFC1591. It is up to the TLD administrator to decide such a delicate
matter.

As I stated befor, I do NOT WANT free services. This would only lead to
abuse of
the registries .But I except a TLD to apply a fee that covers their costs, 
not to make money.

RFC1591 does not discuss commerce in any way. Giving the date 
this RFC was written, that is no surprise. And that may be one problem.   

> This is usually done with the consensus of national ISPs. I know this is
the
> case of DE-NIC.

Yep, DE-NIC is founded by the BIG 8 ISPs in Germany called IV-DENIC. 
I wonder what the other german providers have to say about this topic.

But this is not my point. As you wrote, this should be left to the
organizations 
founding such TLD agencies, so I would propose a >e.V< which is (in Austrian
and German law) a strict non-profit organization.
 
My Question once again: What task that DE-NIC does and that 
can't be done by a Ripe member is worth 390 US$ a year?

Regards
Max Gutberlet



 

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