[governance] importance of having your own domain name

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

Back to ICT for the poor. Which is good.

Now, if someone is in poverty and needs access to ICT, what is the incremental value provided to him or her by a domain name?

--srs (iPad)

On 29-Jul-2013, at 18:22, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:

> George Sadowsky <george.sadowsky at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Most domain names can be used for under US $10 per year.
> 
> There are very many people with such a financial situation that to
> them, US $10 per year is prohibitively expensive.
> 
> Furthermore, there are very many people who could afford US $10 per
> year but who don't have access to a credit card or equivalent means
> of payment through which they could transact a US $10 payment to a
> registrar of their choice.
> 
>> In addition,
>> you do not need to have a domain name to make very productive use of
>> the INternet.
> 
> Sure, but then you have a very unhealthy dependency on whatever company
> owns the domain name that has become part of your contact information.
> 
> Greetings,
> Norbert
> 
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