Eliminating Registry-Registrar separation within the TLD would:
- Negate 10 years of successful competition
- Create unfair pricing
- Enable unfair access to competitive data
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Oct 27, 2009
Registrar Survey Indicates Opposition to Vertical Integration
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Oct 07, 2009
Vertical Integration: A View from the Bottom Up
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Sep 11, 2009
Registry/Registrar Vertical Integration: The Registrant Pays the Check
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Sep 11, 2009
Gandi Registrar Report
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Jun 19, 2009
True Registry-Registrar Separation
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Jun 08, 2009
INTA highlights separation issues to NTIA
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May 08, 2009
PIR-Afilias-NeuStar Letter to ICANN
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Apr 13, 2009
RyC Supermajority Opinion in Favor of Separation
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Apr 13, 2009
RyC Minority Opinions on Separation Issue
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Nov 10, 2006
.EU Confirmation of Registry Registrar Separation
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Mar 28, 2001
Names Council resolution on the proposed revision to the ICANN/Verisign (NSI) agreement
It is already a successful policy model. We need to keep it to preserve the competition.
In ICANN's zeal to derive new revenue, money outweighs consumer protections.This is the height of irresponsibility and bad for the Internet.
Separation of registries and registrars is one of the key tools that protects consumers for marketplace abuses.
I would urge ICANN not to change the current status quo, rather enhance it for the support of new gLTDs.
The ICANN proposed registry/registrar cross-ownership can be expected to set in motion consequences that will harm security and stability.
We believe this gives ability to select the best provider for the given customer, both support and technically wise.
We do support this letter as we firmly believe that past has proven this concept to be fair and reasonable.
We now have a stable situation in which the wholesale and retail functions are separate -- where is there any need to change this?
We support this letter because of potential conflict of interests, et al. data privacy.
As a student eager to move forward into our information-fed future, I am agree with this letter!
The concerns about privacy obviously have been widely ignored in the previous current discussion
I would urge ICANN to maintain their current practice of registry/registrar separation in the interest of fair trading.
Removing the division could bring about capture by large registrars who have the financial capability to "roll up" registries.
I support this letter in its entirety.
I support this letter regarding Registry-Registrars separation .
Hear hear
With vertical integration, one can cross-subsidize and surprise registrants with higher fees only after they've advertised their domain name