.TEL Registry Agreement Comment

[Ryan Goldstein <ryan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have been a .tel domain owner since 2009.

Regarding the Proposed Renewal of .TEL Registry Agreement (
https://www.icann.org/public-comments/tel-renewal-2016-08-04-en), my
experience with .tel is that it has not been maintained properly, without
any apparent updates for 4+ years. Making a change as simple as updating a
public DKIM key in a TXT record requires accessing their API via SOAP,
something that only very technical people are able to do. Additionally,
modern technologies to improve security, like HTTPS and DNSSEC, are
completely unsupported.

I would very much prefer that .tel be handled like the rest of the new
gTLDs, without undue restrictions on DNS records and the ability for any
ICANN-accredited registrars to support the .TEL TLD without any additional
burden, such as supporting the TelHosting Control Panel.

Thank you.

Ryan Goldstein