> On the face of things, they should receive the support of
> Australia's Internet community

I think we need just a teensy weensy bit more information before we can
determine which of the tender responses to auDA is worthy of support.

For example, suppose one tender proposes to charge Users $100 p.a. for
com.au and net.au domain names and $0 for org.au, while another proposes to
charge Users $10 p.a. for com.au and net.au and org.au domain names?

As the tenderers have huge flexibility, and can submit multiple tenders
covering various permutations & combinations (e.g. tender for one or all
2LDs, have consistent pricing across all 2LDs, or have differential pricing
between 2LDs), evaluating the merits of the tenders could be quite complex.

Regards, Mark

Mark Hughes
Effective Business Applications Pty Ltd
effectivebusiness§pplications.com.au
www.pplications.com.au
+61 4 1374 3959



> -----Original Message-----
> From: news [mailto:news§mail.magikweb.net]On Behalf Of Jeremy Malcolm
> Sent: Tuesday, 13 November 2001 00:23
> To: dns§auda.org.au
> Cc: dnsaction§terminus.net.au
> Subject: Re: [DNS]
>
>
> Skeeve Stevens wrote:
> >
> > * Well.. Registrars Asia is offering to do org.au for free if they get
> > all the registries... which I doubt would happen.. but it's a nice
> > offer.
> >
> > Anyone know anything much about these guys?
>
> I will try to find out more and post back here with what I can
> discover.  On the face of things, they should receive the support of
> Australia's Internet community, having put in a tender that is very much
> against the high odds that auDA's Request for Tender puts up.  It is a
> shame that .asn.au and .id.au are presumably not also encompassed in
> their offer, and given the lack of regard that has been shown for the
> continued free availability of these domain names, it is also a shame
> that their offer may count for little in the selection of a successful
> tender.
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