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

[Desiree Miloshevic]

On 30 Sep 2009, at 13:32, Andres Piazza wrote:

>
>
>> Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 00:31:21 +1> From: franck.martin at gmail.com
>> To: at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org
>> 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?
>
Dear Andres and all

No service has been affected/suspended at our end.

Best regards

Desiree Miloshevic
-- 
Advisor
Intl Affairs & Policy Development
Afilias Limited
Suite 232
22 Notting Hill Gate
London W11 3JE
www.afilias.info


> 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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