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Since you’re closer to this and this has been asked in other comments, Is there a reason for doing this besides ‘we can’? Not sure if there’s something we aren

Since you’re closer to this and this has been asked in other comments, Is there a reason for doing this besides ‘we can’? Not sure if there’s something we aren’t seeing or aren’t privy to.

hetspookjee 5y ago
To add to that, why can they actually? Why doesn't the EU just start a new .com registry that the rest of the world can actually refer to? I don't have a complete understanding of the TLD world but I can imagine it's much like the AS world with BGP. If the rest of world decides that one registry (Verizon's .com registry) isn't the leading authority, but rather the EU's .com registry for example, is. Than what "can" verizon actually do against it? Sure, the internet would break with namesquatting but atleast it's better than paying a ransom.
- teddyh 5y ago
  Here’s a starting point for you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_DNS_root https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_DNS_root
  - hetspookjee 5y ago
    Thank you!
ted0 5y ago
In the end, it's under ICANN's purview and in this case, also allowed by a decision made by the Trump administration in 2018. Verisign has a Cooperative Agreement with the US Government. The gist: "The amendment repeals Obama-era price controls and provides Verisign the pricing flexibility to change its .com Registry Agreement with ICANN to increase wholesale .com prices. Specifically, the flexibility permits Verisign to pursue with ICANN an up to 7 percent increase in the prices for .com domain names, in each of the last four years of the six-year term of the .com Registry Agreement. The changes also affirm that Verisign may not vertically integrate or operate as a registrar in the .com top level domain."
- rovr138 5y ago
  Thank you Ted. I wanted to also mention that I appreciate what you and everyone at Namecheap do and the transparency when fighting things.
  - ted0 5y ago
    Thank you. That means a lot!

hetspookjee 5y ago

To add to that, why can they actually? Why doesn't the EU just start a new .com registry that the rest of the world can actually refer to? I don't have a complete understanding of the TLD world but I can imagine it's much like the AS world with BGP. If the rest of world decides that one registry (Verizon's .com registry) isn't the leading authority, but rather the EU's .com registry for example, is. Than what "can" verizon actually do against it? Sure, the internet would break with namesquatting but atleast it's better than paying a ransom.

teddyh 5y ago
Here’s a starting point for you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_DNS_root https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_DNS_root
- hetspookjee 5y ago
  Thank you!

ted0 5y ago

In the end, it's under ICANN's purview and in this case, also allowed by a decision made by the Trump administration in 2018. Verisign has a Cooperative Agreement with the US Government. The gist: "The amendment repeals Obama-era price controls and provides Verisign the pricing flexibility to change its .com Registry Agreement with ICANN to increase wholesale .com prices. Specifically, the flexibility permits Verisign to pursue with ICANN an up to 7 percent increase in the prices for .com domain names, in each of the last four years of the six-year term of the .com Registry Agreement. The changes also affirm that Verisign may not vertically integrate or operate as a registrar in the .com top level domain."

rovr138 5y ago
Thank you Ted. I wanted to also mention that I appreciate what you and everyone at Namecheap do and the transparency when fighting things.
- ted0 5y ago
  Thank you. That means a lot!