I have contacted a colleague who has expertise in LA telcom and contacts at CONATEL, will let everyone know what I find out. Cheers, --------------------------------------- Brenden Kuerbis Internet Governance Project http://internetgovernance.org On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 12:22 PM, David Olson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I agree that more due diligence is needed. > Best, > > David S. Olson > Assistant Professor > BOSTON COLLEGE LAW SCHOOL > 885 Centre St., Newton, MA 02459 > tel: 617- 552-1378 > fax: 617-552-4098 > [log in to unmask] > > > > > On Sep 29, 2009, at 11:40 AM, Jorge Amodio wrote: > > FYI, be careful if you visit the rds.hn site since it seems it has been > hacked > at some time, and it has trojans and other stuff: > http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=rds.hn > > About the statement Milton is right to point out that that particular > statement > came from LACTLD and not RDS. > > Getting involved with ccTLDs is a tricky situation and before we make any > "official" statement we should find out more directly from the RDS people > and also hear the other side of the story. > > No doubt any move to takeover the ccTLD administration in the way it has > been reported is not a desirable/preferred way of doing things, but we > don't > know if this is an ongoing conflict since the HN Telecom Act of 2002 and > the reasons why RDS didn't enter into a formal agreement with CONATEL. > > I'll recommend we do some due diligence before making any statement from > the NCUC. > > Regards > Jorge > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Milton L Mueller <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Since many GAC members believe that governments should have a right to > assert control over the ccTLD at will, I am not sure they are the best ones > to take up this cause. > > However, I think this is a very important development and would favor > having NCUC sign on to the LACTLD statement, or develop one of our own. > > --MM > > >