I have contacted a colleague who has expertise in LA telcom and contacts at CONATEL, will let everyone know what I find out.


Cheers,

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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
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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:

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