From: David R. Conrad [mailto:david.conrad@nominum.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 7:35 PM

The issue isn't really about this however. New.Net is not a part of a cooperative. They are a commercial company deciding on their own what is or is not a good top level domain -- they are asserting (with the help of @Home, Earthlink, mp3.com, etc.) that they are the unique naming authority. I, for one, do not believe that this is appropriate or desirable.

Now we are getting to the problem that I have with new.net. They are, like the ICANN, ignoring other efforts completely. The difference is that they are ALSO ignoring ICANN and it's new TLDs. I'd like to say that this is a bed that ICANN has made for itself. It would be a correct statement. However, that does not solve the problem.