Q2: What stability concerns
are associated with the initial phases of registration within the TLD?
The purchaise of domain names for speculative reasons can reduce the
usefulness of a new domain, and add an unnessicary cost of ownership for those that
will make actual use of the name.-----
This does not adress "stability" it
speaks to the economics of the
situation.
Q3: What
can be done to eliminate or reduce these stability concerns?
If the TLD is to be in high demand, a 2 month bidding period for all names in that
namespace may prevent "domain squatting" and domain ownership speculation.
The bidding process would reveal the true value of the domain, and the extra money
paid for popular domains could subsidise the TLD service instead.
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This
would make the tld operator rich and nobody else. At least
if the domain is speculated
on multiple people get rich. Neither
are desirable really but the latter is the
lessor of two evils.
Q4: Would these stability concerns
be magnified by introducing a large number of TLDs at once?
Possibly. I cannot see any benifit in doing this, so I would advise against
it.
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Absolutly not. Recognozing or creating a small number of tlds has
two bad side effects: 1) it will create - makr my words - an utter feeding frenzy
the likes of which have never been seen. All the good names will be gone in a few
days and will almost ceratinly crash every system involved. Remember Cantor and Siegel?
2) By creating a small
number of tlds people who think they have to get their
name in every possible tld will be able to easiy do so whereas if there are many
new
tlds (as there will one day be - this is inevitable) they will
recognize the futility
of this sooner than later. This is a good thing.
Q5: Are there
any practical means of reversing the introduction of a significant new TLD once it
goes into operation?
No. This must not be done.
At best, prevent the introduction of new names in that TLD.
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Agreed it can't
be done (notwithstanding the fact that .oz and .nato
have been deleted)
Why
would you want to delete a TLD? What possible justification could
there be for
that?