Re: [ga] Re: On new TLDs

["kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Karl, sorry to be such a pain, but I still don't feel that answers my
question. What is to keep a few big companies from buying up all the
good/viable TLDs as soon as the process is available, effectively cutting
out the "open to everyone" idea?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karl Auerbach" <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Danny Younger" <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>; <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 4:12 AM
Subject: Re: [ga] Re: On new TLDs


>
> On Thu, 8 Dec 2005, kidsearch wrote:
>
> > My concern was that there might be a TLD land rush to grab up all viable
> > tlds similar to what we see for the rush to register all the best
generic
> > domain names at the launch of a new tld.
>
> That's why the method of allocation that I (and others) propose is for N
> TLD slots to be made available per year (or whatever other unit of time
> might be convenient.)
>
> I've suggested 10,000/year - most people shy away from that.
>
> I've reduced that 40 fold to 250/year (or 1 per business day).
>
> Personally I'd allow an inrush of some multiple of the yearly allocation
> to accomodate the fact that ICANN has sat on new TLDs for the better part
> of a decade.
>
>   --karl--
>
>