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["Aaron J. Angel" <thatoneguy AT aaronjangel.us>]

On 02/08/2013 09:46 AM, Simon wrote:
> I think this may always be the case. When someone choses to register a domain 
> with a tld the agreement is with that tld not opennic per se. Perhaps this 
> should be made clearer. I see the relationship between a tld and opennic core 
> in a similar way to the relationship between a hosting or colo provider and 
> the company they buy their connectivty from.

That may be true, but there should be some sort of commitment to the 
group from the operator.  They are, after all, taking up a portion of 
our namespace to provide a service to their users.  We shouldn't have to 
put up with an operator taking up a portion of our namespace to provide 
non-functional service.