Vic, this makes no sense.

There is no reason why a website can't be hosted in australia using a .com
that has been delegated to a local ISP.

In fact the name servers could be run out of the USA and the sitre hosted
locally.

There is *absolutely no* reason why name services and hosting services and
for that matter email services need even be in the same country.

Larry


At 00:17 6/05/98 +1000, you wrote:
>>_From: Malcolm Miles
>> 
>> On Tue, 5 May 1998 14:29:25 +1000, you wrote:
>> 
>> >A) Is this the same question as a Free-for-all 2ld ?
>> >
>> >> 3. Should we create a new 2ld for first come first served instead?
>> >
>> >Not necessarily. I think they should all be first come first served, but=
>>  I
>> >think there should be some domain space for the Internet community =
>> members
>> >that want their own without having a company.=20
>> 
>> This is definitely needed. Currently unless you are in business or are
>> a recognised organization you can't get a domain name.
>
>which as I have pointed out has killed the market for australia as a
>destination for web hosting. given the olympics are comming, whoever ends up
>in control of the policy needs to seriously examine its impact. why host
in australia
>when you cant get a bloody domain here. then we all complain about lack of
>local content. 
>
>currently the policy seems to be justified on the grounds that it keeps
the registrars
>out of court, I dont think that is really going to stand up given
competition.
>it has to go, or policy free 2lds need to come into existance.
>
>Vic
> 
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