TLD Policy

On Tuesday, 14 Jul 1998, =?iso-8859-1?B?SnVhbiBFZGdhciBO+vFleg==?= writes:

Hello Edgar,

> I am the new TLD administrator for DO. 

Welcome to the club! Santo Domingo is, however, not fully in Europe
(well, you never know these days) and I think an APNIC forum (try
www.apng.org for a start) may be better suited for you. RIPE has
also set up a DL called tldadmin at ripe.net.

> And I am looking forward to implement
> new policy about the cost that will have the Domain Name Registration under
> our TLD. So I would like to know what are you doing about that and whish are
> the main points that you are taking on mind to do so.

Are you referring to a tariff structure ? Or a policy on fees ? Please
clarify.
  
> An important matter about what we are concern is the cost that most have the
> domain name registration for educational and non-for-fit organizations. It
> is important for me and my organization to know what is your policy related
> to this organization.

Many ccTLD's operate on a bona fide cost recovery basis. There is
service to be performed for the Internet. But there are strong
tendencies towards a split model, with a registry, performing
general functions like WHOIS, name servers and possibly accounting
and (multiple) registrars who directly interact with registrants.
The latter may be for profit but are in competition with each other
so the market should decide. The registrars share a common registry.

So much to current practice and tendencies. It is difficult if not
impossible to cover all aspects regarding a registry in one mail ;-).

> Thanks very much for the attention that could receive this request.

> Edgar Nzqez.


Marcel



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