[apnic-talk] Re: Grouping ccTLD with gTLD is wrong
Ellen and all,
Ellen Rony wrote:
> Michael Dillon wrote:
>
> > In TLDs like .jp and .uk, the 4th level namespace is
> >proprietary.
>
> Related to this discussion is an article that was published August 1 in the
> Marin Independent Journal, not available on line:
>
> "Japan controls access to Web" by KRT News Service
>
> "It seems that a group of Japanese-based Internet providers,
> operating with the approval of the government, controls who gets to
> play--and how much they pay--to get access to the WWW in Japan.
> [snip]
> Dozens of entrepreneurs have found that they could not use their
> Internet addresses in Japan. . . unless they also used a Japanese Internet
> service provider. Japanese firms, however, are usually slower and far more
> expensive than overseas providers, foreign businessmen say.
> [snip]
> The Japan Network Information Center, or JPNIC, the
> quasi-governmental group that assigns domain names to users, is essentially
> run by Japan's Internet service providers. These firms pay about $3,500 to
> join and $2,150 annually. As members of JPNIC, these providers have the
> power to 'approve' new domain addresses--but they approve only those new
> addresses that use Japanese Internet providers, according to Naomasa
> Maruyama, JPNIC vice president.
> [snip]
> [Todd] Walzer [Israeli businessman] and [David] Shepherd [founder
> of Tangent Computing Ltd, a software distribution company] offer two
> examples of the perils Internet entrepreneurs face in Japan. After Walzer
> registered his .jp domain name, he found no Internet provider in Japan
> willing to direct his Web mail to the U.S. -based server that was hosting
> his web pages. So he finally signed a contract with a Japanese provider."
>
> ----------------
> [Note: Only companies registered for business in Japan can obtain a .jp
> domain, and a corporation can obtain only one; individuals cannot acquire
> a domain name. JPNIC says these strict rules were created to prevent
> cyberscammers.]
>
Yes these "Sanctions" that JAPNIC have imposed are overly restrictive and
arecontrary to good business and open, fair and transparent process of access.
BTW isn't JAPNIC part of APNIC? Hummmmm? Interesting Eh?
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Regards,
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Jeffrey A. Williams
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