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Comment on CIRA’s Board of Directors Election by Ian D. Allen

Ian D. Allen — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:20:12 +0000

Not only is the governance complex – just trying to read all the legal prose required to register a dot.ca domain is completely daunting. Last I counted, if I gathered together all the mandatory and required reading I had to do before proceeding, it totalled over 14,000 words! How long does it take you to read 14,000 words of legalese? (What is the word count today?)

I don’t register dot.ca domains much any more. Dot.com domains are half the price and one tenth of the mandatory reading. Your loss, CIRA. Fire some lawyers, chop the agreements to a reasonable size, and cut the price. It’s a domain name, not a mortgage!

Comment on Canada’s Digital Economy by Zak Muscovitch

Zak Muscovitch — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:35:25 +0000

This is an absolutely great article Byron!

Many thanks.

Comment on India to Adopt IPv6 by 2012 by Byron

Byron — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:57:18 +0000

Hi TJ,

Thanks for your comemnts.

I actually agree with your points. There is no doubt that there is a certain advantage to those who are “less developed”, or less invested, in a given technology when it comes time to making the move to the next generation. Its also true that there is some progress being made in North America.

That said, ask your local ISP or Telco where they are at with IPV6. The issue to me is that we are simply behind the 8-ball on this and that the availability/adoption curves may cross earlier than we would like if we don’t push this.

Or hey, lets break with Canadian tradition and actually be a leader on this issue instead of waiting till the last possible moment and hoping we timed it right:)

Comment on India to Adopt IPv6 by 2012 by TJ

TJ — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:22:25 +0000

I (constructively) disagree on a couple points …

1) The “less developed” places have a noticeable advantage anytime a disruptive technology comes along, as they have less invested in the ‘current’ technology. As with physical mass, the bigger it is the harder it is to get it moving .
(Reference cel phone adoption and broadband penetration is certain countries that are not the US).

2) The US has obvious advantages (and disadvantages!) in overall tech deployment / advancement, and WRT IPv6 specifically ‘we’ are finally starting to see some traction. (Reference Google, Facebook, NetFlix, Comcast, T-Mobile (deploying IPv6 ONLY handsets ’soon’), VZW’s LTE (mandated support for IPv6, even if limited usage (at first)).

/TJ

Comment on India to Adopt IPv6 by 2012 by Tweets that mention India to Adopt IPv6 by 2012 « Public Domain -- Topsy.com

Tweets that mention India to Adopt IPv6 by 2012 « Public Domain -- Topsy.com — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:45:45 +0000

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Comment on .xxx Ushers in a New Era of Internet Governance? by Tweets that mention .xxx Ushers in a New Era of Internet Governance? « Public Domain -- Topsy.com

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:52:45 +0000

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Comment on Digital Economy Strategy Consultation by Édith Godbout

Édith Godbout — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:20:10 +0000

Pourriez-vous m’indiquer ce qu’il est advenu de ma candidature que je vous ai déjà fait parvenir.

Édith Godbout

Comment on Digital Economy Strategy Consultation by John King

John King — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 10:22:37 +0000

Byron, good submission.

A suggestion: The scribd link has some annoying features. You might add this link (or a tiny url to it)from the Industry Canada site:
http://de-en.gc.ca/wp-content/themes/clf3/upload/2347/2010-07-13_Cira%20Strategy%20Consultation_final%20%282%29.pdf

Comment on ICANN’s 38th International Meeting by ghd

ghd — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 05:58:08 +0000

Thanks for that recommendation; it is really helpful for me to say!

Comment on ICANN’s 38th International Meeting by Jim Fleming

Jim Fleming — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 03:35:29 +0000

Many consumers do not view “The Internet” as TCP/IP. They view it as a
collection of “Services” such as WWW, email, SMS, VOIP, 3Dvr, VOD.

DHTs will play more and more of a role in introducing a .NET that goes beyond the aging, legacy, IPv4 Best Effort transport. Consumers will
assume the DHTs just work, like magic.

Namespaces are popping up everwhere. Consumers will likely start to see
more and more FREE domain names. At the same time, a debit account
banking system will be woven into the .NET that may help to offset
some costs.

The SCUBA – Self-Contained UNIX Broadband Appliance model is a true
Internet model. There is no central big brother organization or
single points of control. Each user is expected to provide their
own gear, as in aquatic SCUBA. The collection of all of that gear
forms the .NET.

The .NET becomes “The Registry”. The millions of SCUBA units
cooperate to register and clone names. It is untouched by human
hands. In fact, one of the challenges is to design in security that
prevents people from tampering with the $50 CPE devices with the
flash memories.

Consumers in CAlifornia tend to be leading edge and early adopters.
One would expect that namespaces with .CA may likely be USA West
Coast related. You may want to work that into your long-term plans.