I wish to express my support for the policies
detailed in the Affinity Internet/
bizTRAC .biz TLD
application.I believe that the pre-screening of applications
and
the associated registration price is an appropriate way to ensure
that
only those who are actually doing business, or
those who have firm intentions
to engage in business,
will be assigned names in this top-level domain. I
also
agree with Affinity that if their proposal
is implemented, we can expect
that it may well
reduce the problem of domain name
hoarding and speculation
throughout the Internet.
The applicants have asked us to participate in
bizTRAC,
which will be the regulatory body for the
.biz domain. If their application is
successful we
envisage that we may well be able to provide a delegate to this
organization.
The
CBI is the premier organization speaking for
companies in the UK, representing
every sector of
business. Our direct corporate membership employs
over
four million and our trade association membership
represents over six million
of the workforce. We thus have a
significant
interest in the future
of the Internet.
Nigel Hickson
Head of E-Business Group, Confederation of British
Industry