[ga] Afilias Director endorses NeuStar for .us

[D Thomas <dnthomas76@xxxxxxxxx>]

This was strange to find.  Apparently ENOM has come out in favor of NeuStar to 
operate .us.  See http://www.enom.com/inthenews.asp?pr=070504dotus.  
   
  What is weird is that the media contact listed is the same John Kane as the 
one who serves on the Board of Directors of Afilias, who is also bidding on the 
.us contract with GoDaddy (http://www.afilias.info/about_afilias/board_list).
   
  Has anyone heard anything about this?
   
   
    BELLEVUE, WA - September 21, 2007 -- As the US Department of Commerce 
considers reassigning operation of the .US top level domain from Neustar, which 
has managed the TLD since 2002, Paul Stahura, founder of eNom, Inc. the world?s 
second largest domain registrar, asserts making a change from the present 
management of .US may incur unnecessary expense for registrars and negatively 
impact the TLD?s reputation and brand.
  "Neustar has proven they are technically sound, and there are no issues with 
the registry," Stahura said. "They have done a terrific job growing the .BIZ 
extension to over 1.8 million registrations and the 5th largest TLD worldwide, 
and growing .US to 1.3 million and 6th largest TLD worldwide. Neustar?s 
technology has proven to be solid and reliable."
   
  In comparison to the growth of other country code extensions, Stahura said, 
"Despite the unavoidable fact that .COM is the de facto TLD in the United 
States, .US has held its own. This doesn?t indicate a need to change things at 
the registry level." As for marketing, Stahura said "Certainly any registrar 
could step up at any time and be aggressive about promoting .US, as many of us 
have done and will continue to do. You do not need to be the registry to market 
.US well."
   
  Stahura believes changing the .US registry could create needless 
administrative and technical expense for registrars to process such a switch.   
Stahura also favors maintaining the price integrity of .US as he believes a 
slightly lower price would not significantly affect volume. "Price is not the 
only factor in the success of a TLD. Neustar has, with .BIZ and .US, 
demonstrated they can grow TLDs in an extremely competitive marketplace."
   
  Stahura looks forward to Neustar continuing as the .US registry. "Neustar has 
proven itself in both the technical and management arenas to be capable, 
responsive and highly respected. I can?t think of any company better suited to 
represent the United States in managing this important country code."
   
  About eNom
eNom is an ICANN accredited registrar offering world-class Internet domain name 
services at competitive prices. In business since 1997, eNom specializes in 
domain name registration and related services, and is the #1 reseller 
registrar, according to Name Intelligence®, with the largest and most active 
distribution network in the domain industry. eNom currently ranks as the second 
largest domain name registrar worldwide.
  © 2007 Demand Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Demand, Demand Media, eHow and 
weHow are trademarks of Demand Media, Inc.
  The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the 
trademarks of their respective owners.

   
  Media Contact:
John Kane
VP of Business Development 
pr @ enom.com 
425.974.4602


       
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