On Thu, 22 May 1997, Marc Hurst wrote:
Uh, we have been asking for the past two years. We are hardly new at this. In fact the CAIP has endorsed our proposal to repatriate the canadian ip registry.
To the best of my knowledge this is not true. The issue of a Canadian IP Registry appears to no longer be on CAIP's agenda. For instnace it is not mentioned at all in the report given April 24th at the CAIP AGM http://www.caip.ca/agmrepor.htm In fact, here is a quote from a Government of Canada report found at http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_indps/itt/engdoc/3g12.html in the Executive Summary section: The report finds that the economic cost of a Canadian IP registry would be high. Construction, or set-up costs would exceed $100,000, while the registry would probably suffer an operating loss, after deduction of fees to its users, of approximately $400,000 in its first year of operation. These costs would need to be absorbed by the Canadian ISPs, or passed on to customers. Offsetting benefits which might make such costs tolerable could not be identified. The Government of Canada does not appear to support repatriation of the IP registry function either. Michael Dillon - Internet & ISP Consulting http://www.memra.com - E-mail: michael@memra.com The bottom line is track record. Not track tearing. Not track derailing. But pounding the damn dirt around the track with the rest of us worms. -- Randy Bush