Newsletter ArchiveSUBJECTs:Time to say "You Can't" to ICANN - Answer Your Own Phone? The Internet 800 Directory - http://www.inter800.com The Internet 800 Directory Newsletter This issue is for Friday, September 20, 2002 Table of Contents 01. Time to say "You Can't" to ICANN 02. Answer Your Own Phone? 03. Tip Of The Week Welcome to The Internet 800 Directory Newsletter. ICANN is a subject we have covered before in this newsletter. But with the ICANN contract ending at the end of this month, it’s a subject that we should be following. The Progress & Freedom Foundation (http://www.pff.org/) released a 23-page report on ICANN earlier this month. Below is a new release about the report. The full report can be found at: http://www.pff.org/publications/pop9.21ICANN.pdf ----------------------------Start ---------------------------------- Time to say "You Can't" to ICANN Adkinson Calls for Ending Economic Regulation of Domain Name System WASHINGTON, DC – Should the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) be allowed to impose traditional economic regulation on the market for domain names? The Progress and Freedom Foundation’s William F. Adkinson, Jr. says it should not, and he believes the Department of Commerce should prohibit such activity if the agency decides to renew ICANN’s contract, which ends this month. While he does not address whether the contract should be renewed, Adkinson argues that ICANN or its successor should not be allowed to impose price or service restrictions. “The Commerce Department and ICANN have been successful in developing workably competitive markets for registry and registrar services,” Adkinson writes in a study, “Domain Name Services: Let Competition, Not ICANN, Rule,” released today. “Therefore the time has come to end price and service regulation of these markets and terminate ‘mission creep’.” In fact, he argues, “such regulation interferes with the efficient operation of the competitive markets that have developed” and would be unwise, given ICANN’s “serious governance problems”. According to Adkinson, the proliferation of firms authorized to provide registrar services, the greatly reduced price for registering names, the creation of seven new generic top level domains (TLDs) and growth among 240 country code TLDs and other factors have resulted in “widespread and multifaceted competition” and innovation. Moreover, Adkinson writes that ICANN is “particularly ill-suited” to regulate, “lacks adequate standards governing its decisions” and does not have authority over country code TLDs. The last point, he says, creates an unfair disadvantage. Finally, there is critically important work to be done in the areas within ICANN’s proper sphere of activity – for example, ensuring the security of the root server system – that Adkinson says ICANN or a successor “should be required to focus its energies” there. The Progress & Freedom Foundation (http://www.pff.org/) is a market-oriented think tank that studies the digital revolution and its implications for public policy. It is a 501(c)(3) research & educational organization. ------------------------------End-------------------------------- If you have any thoughts or ideas you would like to share, please send them to Chuck Arning at chuck@inter800.com One of our partners, Volt Information Sciences is currently taking orders for the print version of the Internet Tollfree National Directory, sometimes mistakenly referred to as the AT&T Directory. They list over 100,000 toll free numbers and 40,000 web addresses and send out millions of copies to Fortune 500 companies, CEOs, and other decision makers. The next issue will be sent in February 2003, and the deadline for orders is Mid January 2002. You can buy placement ranging from a single listing to a full-page ad by calling us at 800-299-1879. We can even bundle your new or existing print ad with the Internet 800 Directory's advertising online. Call us for placement in this valuable book. *02 Answer Your Own Phone? I like CEOs who answer their own phones. I happened to call 2 CEOs this week, one of whom I know very well that is the head of a multi-multi-million dollar public outfit and one who runs about a $10 million/year private corporation, and whom I do not know. Both calls were placed to their companies' standard business line and both answered the phone when I was transferred without them knowing who I was. There are many people out there who would think that is a waste of time of a CEO, as he should have more important things to do. What is more important than talking to your own customers? I actually had the best "secretary/personal assistant" for 12 years in many different operations, and I chose to answer my own phone because she was busy performing more important functions. One of the reasons this came to mind is that I had a couple of different people ask me about financial structuring of a new business. Since I used to turn around bankrupt companies, one of the most interesting things I learned in 20 + years is that the same financial tenets apply regardless of the industry. Ignore the basics and you will be in trouble. One of the best ways to avoid "downsizing", which means firing a bunch of people because you can't afford to pay them anymore, is to not hire them to begin with. As stupid as that sounds, just look at the dot.coms. A venture capital firm gives them $100 million and they start hiring people like they were having the last party in their life (which was true enough for many of them). They had no more of a game plan of what they were going to do than a bunch of 3rd grade football players. Just hire a bunch of people because we need them and build good offices and buy expensive furniture because it looks good. As for established firms, not every V.P. needs a secretary and certainly not every firm needs another VP. (In fact, many times that is more for ego than productivity. Maybe we ought to change the corporate jargon to Current Head Honcho, with emphasis on the "Current", then Head honcho in Waiting, then Head Peon, etc.) Get the most out of current people, but do it yourself first. Like those CEOs who answer their own phone when they need to. Steve Jackson saj@inter800.com Vegas Vacation has the best rates on Las Vegas Hotel Rooms. Don't make a reservation without calling us first! Call 800-637-6442 or visit our ad in the Internet 800 Directory: http://inter800.com/02281174.htm Tip of the Week When typing text into a word document, it’s not easy to use the mouse. So here are some handy keyboard shortcuts. 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