[governance] Fwd: [afnog] Breaking News: Kenyan Internet

[McTim]

Hi,

On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp> wrote:
> Is there some misunderstanding here about what the new law does?
>
> Isn't this the introduction of liberalization at the second level through
> the creation of a competitive registrar model?  KENIC is the registry
> operator and ccTLD manager of the whole KE namespace (still - nothing has
> changed there),

except gov't intervention where none has existed before.

but the new law has introduced means to create registrars at
> the second level.  If a company/entity wants to become a registrar then they
> must receive a simple license from CCK (the regulator)

the telecoms/ISP regulator.  This isn't selling Internet access.

 to manage or sell
> names at the sub domain level, i.e. names at co.ke, or.ke etc. This seems to
> be progress, i.e. liberalization and encouraging competition.

it seems to be a way to milk more cash from the process.

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
http://stateoftheinternetin.ug
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