From: Dr Popper 
Sent: Tuesday, 21 November 2000 10:14 AM
To: jo.lim@auda.org.au
Subject: Submission from Paul Pope

RE:  Name Policy Advisory Panel Report


Hello.

I have visited the web site for the AUDA, and, have viewed the report and 
I would like to make to following comments.

1) The Australian system of domians is completely out of step with other 
international domain systems.
2) Unless a less restrictive more open policy is adopted then the Australian 
system is in danger of becoming irrelevent to business users.
3) The cost of domain name registration is exhorbitant in Australia when 
compared with registration of .com and .net domains overseas.
4) The restriction of generic names prevents the development of effective 
web portals for Australian net users.

As the owner of over 1000 domain names worldwide I only own one single 
.com.au domain as I find the restrictions ridiculous in these days of 
international e-commerce. The whole notion of the internet was ment to provide 
freedom for individuals and business to compete on a international basis and 
the policys of AUDA only server to restrict and hamper such activity.AKN as a 
company has a policy of not registering .com.au domain names until the situation 
has been resolved in a way that is friendly to business development however we 
are buying .com domains at a average rate of 20 per week with no restrictions 
hampering our activity surely this serves as a warning that business simply 
will go elsewhere if the process fails to serve its needs.

Regards
Paul Pope

Chief Technical Officer
AKN holdings Ltd