Re: ICANN to allow commercial gTLDs

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

On Jun 17, 2011, at 7:13 PM, David Conrad wrote:

> On Jun 17, 2011, at 4:04 PM, Owen DeLong wrote:
> > I really don't think that namespace issues are part of the role for the ASO AC.
>
> Why do you think there is an ASO?

To coordinate numberspace issues between the IANA and the RIRs.

> > This is clearly a problem for ICANN's disaster-ridden domain-name side, and not
> > for the ASO/NRO side of things.
>
> Because there is clearly no inter-relation between domains and address and the
> operation of the Internet.

Oh, there is tremendous inter-relation. However, making a mess and then punting it
to the ASO is an entirely different matter.

> > Operationally, it's a horrible idea, but,
> > most of us in layers 1-4 stopped paying much attention to the disasters happening
> > at ICANN for DNS along time ago as we sort of came to believe that we didn't have
> > enough money to bribe^h^h^h^h^hinfluence the right people in a sufficiently
> > meaningful way to make our voices heard.
>
> Aren't you one of the folks who state that if you don't participate in PPML then
> you have no reason to criticize ARIN policies?

It doesn't cost anything to participate in PPML.

Owen