From: James Starr 
Sent: Monday, 4 December 2000 4:09 PM
To: jo.lim@auda.org.au
Subject: Proposal

I work as national manager for Telesales at Connect.com.au. Everyday, my team helps Australian 
businesses get online and register there domain names. The most commmon complaint is the lack of 
consistency between .com/.net domains and their Australian counterparts .com.au and net.au. The 
big question is: 'Why do I need and acn or arbn number to register my domain for .com.au names 
and why does the domain have to reflect in part or whole my business/company name.'? It's no 
wonder we trail the USA in getting business people to register there names. Currently it is 
confusing and frustrating for both ISP's and businesses. Why can we not set a deadline for the 
current system to end, eg June 2001 and then have a free market like the USA. The Gov't could 
then push businesses to get in and regsiter their names before June 2001. I ardently believe 
that this system would not encourage squatters if business in Australia was educated and 
reminded.