RE: [ga] Afilias Director endorses NeuStar for .us

["Paul Stahura" <stahura@xxxxxxxx>]

That was a mistake, it auto-pulled his name from a press contacts file.
It has been updated, John had nothing to do with this announcement.

 

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From: D Thomas [mailto:dnthomas76@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 8:34 AM
To: ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ga] Afilias Director endorses NeuStar for .us

 

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(r), with the
largest and most active distribution network in the domain industry.
eNom currently ranks as the second largest domain name registrar
worldwide.

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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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