Re: [apnic-talk] Concern about gTLD servers in India

[David Conrad <drc () virtualized org>]

On Mar 10, 2012, at 1:28 AM, Anurag Bhatia wrote:
> Can someone share if there's huge difference in . root servers Vs gTLD servers?

Yes, there is a huge difference.  For one thing (and ignoring the quantity of data), the operations of a gTLD's name 
servers is managed by a single entity (e.g., for .COM, VeriSign).  The root servers are independently managed by 12 
different organizations with no central management.

> I understand that root only hold all TLD's  - cc and gTLD delegation that would be few hundred TLDs delegation while 
> gTLDs hold lot of domain names but if one country has root, what prevents having gTLD also?

I'd imagine business/economic rationales.  From the perspective of a gTLD operator, what's the business justification 
for deploying non-trivial opex/capex?  Root server deployments are less driven by economics and are more political in 
nature.

Regards,
-drc