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The Community Capital. A new vision for .org. Key Partnership Commitments. Operational excellence Global outreach to help realize the .org vision. .org Differentiation, including Steering Committee and significant price reduction Success Centre for .org community.
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The Community Capital A new vision for .org
Key Partnership Commitments • Operational excellence • Global outreach to help realize the .org vision. • .org Differentiation, including Steering Committee and significant price reduction • Success Centre for .org community. • Financial resources to benefit Internet community
Current Technology Global Name Registry built and operates a state-of-the-art Registry system • The first of its kind outside of the USA • An in-house built DNS system currently capable of serving 200,000 queries per second • A Whois system currently capable of serving 27 million queries per day • A Registry currently containing more than 300,000 registered objects and scaleable to 50 million domain names and beyond • Database backend capable of more than 1500 TPS • Updates within seconds of Whois and DNS • A thick Registry system and centralized Whois • State of the art Operations Center, Global redundancy, sites worldwide on 5 locations • 100% uptime since Registry launch Dec 15, 2001
UK Operations Centre Root server response times Global redundancy
Excellent Registry performance record • Never have had any downtime • Never have had problems with data integrity • Have had a smooth sunrise period without technical or legal problems • Does its own DNS hosting • Have written EPP client being used by other applicants Excellent Registrar relations • A team dedicated to Customer Service • Easy migration to EPP, with dual RRP/EPP support • Easy migration to a thick Registry • Lower price 100% Probably the only new TLD operator to
Smooth Transition Plan • Hands-on experience with similar transitions • Physically moved entire .name Registry after KPNQwest failure, while ensuring 100% uptime • GNR teams operated 2 million webmail in Nameplanet users on a 2 TB database • Other team members now with Global Name Registry were essential in the build, operations and transitions of services like Altavista (with indexes more than 10TB) • Seamless transition for registrars & registrants & community • Continuous RRP/EPP support • Extensive support and migration to thick registry (speed set by Registrar) • Whois port forwarding option • Familiarity with VeriSign technology and teams • Global Name Registry and Verisign run similar redundant systems, GNR has worked with VeriSign on .name as a supplier • However, the only aspect of the Registry not run by GNR for .name is the EPP frontends. • VeriSign will have absolutely no role in operation of .org • Fully support the intent of the .org divestiture
Key Partnership Commitments • Operational excellence • Global outreach to help realize the .org vision. • .org Differentiation, including Steering Committee and significant price reduction • Success Centre for .org community. • Financial resources to benefit Internet community
Aggressive price reduction $6.00 $6.00 $5.50 $5.00 $4.50 $4.51 $4.00 $4.12 $3.50 $3.47 $3.00 $2.50 $2.00 Today, average This proposal This proposal This proposal registration fee per year per name
Summary • 100% uptime on all services • Tested and proven technology • Lowering prices up to 42% • Executing on our vision to differentiate .org • Ensuring a stable and smooth Transition from VeriSign • Greater access to a global audience The right choice for the community capital of .org This presentation will also be posted on www.dotorgregistry.org