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

[Andres Piazza]

> Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 00:31:21 +1> From: franck.martin at gmail.com
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> CC: lac-discuss-en at atlarge-lists.icann.org
> Subject: Re: [At-Large] cctld .hn  issue
> 
> I would suspect that Afilias running the technical part is also running the payment system, therefore collecting the money and sending the cheque to RDS-HN? 

Is out there someone that could confirm if this is suspended also?

Regards,

Andrés Piazza
LACRALO Chair
 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Patrick Vande Walle" <patrick at vande-walle.eu> 
> To: "At-Large Worldwide" <at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org> 
> Cc: "LAC DISCUSS" <lac-discuss-en at atlarge-lists.icann.org> 
> Sent: Thursday, 1 October, 2009 12:24:08 AM GMT +12:00 Fiji 
> Subject: Re: [At-Large] cctld .hn issue 
> 
> 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 
> 
> 
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