[lac-discuss-en] [At-Large] cctld .hn issue

[Patrick Vande Walle]

On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:49:04 +0000, Andres Piazza
<andrespiazzagpj at hotmail.com> wrote:
 
>> I do see risks for the stability of the DNS. Altough I trust Afilias
for
>> doing the right job as the technical operator of the TLD, it remains
that
>> Afilias does not have a contract with Conatel, but with RDS-HN. What
will
>> happen if RDS-HN is unable to pay the bills is an issue. What will
happen
>> to the domain names registered under .hn is yet another. 
> 
> I know they are a serious operator, and also the people from Afilias I
> know like Ken or Desiree are quite trustable. But I´m not 100% sure if
we
> could, as ICANN At Large (or at least as LACRALO) "ask Afilias not to
make
> a contract with Conatel". 

Hello Andres,

Glad to see I did not get it all wrong. With regard to teh registry
services, my concern is this: Afilias is performing a technical service to
RDS-HN, which pays Afilias in return. If RDS-HN is no more able to collect
registration fees, they will not be able to pay Afilias anymore, who might
in turn stop performing the service, in effect making the .HN domain
unreachable. This is all theoretical of course, because I am sure Afilias
is aware of their responsibility and that there is some flexibility. 

Whoever gets the redelegation of the .hn domain will need to run or
subcontract the technical part. How this is handled during the transition
period, if any, is a concern. 

Hope this clarifies it a bit.

Patrick