Financing common infrastructure

Andreas Schachtner <Andreas.Schachtner@Germany.EU.net>

Abstract:

Internet has a long history of co-opetition, where parties share common infrastructures, whilst in competition in other areas of business.
One example of this is network information centre (NIC) infrastructure.
In this speech, the German approach to securing NIC services for the service providers and the end users is presented.

DE-NIC, the early years
DIGI -- a user organisation caring for the DE-NIC
The DE-NIC commission
Results of the DE-NIC commission
IV-DENIC -- the service providers getting together at one table
Cost sharing amongst the service providers
Installing the new DE-NIC -- a call for tender
How to use DE-NIC services in this model
Selling DE-NIC services to the end user
A mixed model, serving everyone
Lessons learned from the German approach
How others do it -- a TLD survey
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Andreas Schachtner
Fri Apr 28 15:28:39 MET DST 1995