We said NO!!!! Is it time for the FBI?

["Wixom, Richard" <rlw@xxxxxx>]

Here are a few of the objections to the prior contract:

 

1)       Insufficient time for public comment

2)       Lack of competitive bidding for renewal (i.e. awarding a
permanent monopoly) 

3)       Uncapped price increases in the face of declining costs of
required technology

4)       Permitting differential pricing on domain renewals

5)       Registry ownership and the unfettered resale of public and
private data

 

You have responded with:

 

1)       Even less time for public comment

2)       Lack of competitive bidding for renewal (i.e. a permanent
monopoly) 

3)       10% annual price increases in the face of declining costs

4)       Permitting differential pricing

5)       Registry ownership and the unfettered resale of public and
private data

 

I publicly question ICANNs motives in rushing to push through such a
fundamentally flawed contract to award monopolies.  There is either
undeniable incompetence or corruption at hand.  These contracts are
clearly a sweetheart deal for a few registries at the expense of
thousands of businesses and individuals who's views ICANN is also
supposed to consider, and who have strongly voiced their opposition to
these terms. 

 

Regards,

Richard L Wixom