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

[Franck Martin]

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? 

----- 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