At 20:50 24/06/98 +1000, you wrote:
>The safety valve that there IS a way to deal directly is
>a useful feature.
>
>i.e. if you don't want to deal though me, him, her, or any other
>member-agent, you can deal directly with the common registrar
>body - abeit at a price commensurate with the additional
>load imposed.

Yes, this is useful. It also helps ISP's justify their prices because there
is an obvious price advantage to use an ISP. So the ISP is a winner, the
customer is a winner because they get a lower central fee and value added
services and its better for the Central registrar because their costs are
lowered.

A beautiful win-win-win situation :-) 

Larry
>
>g
>
>At 18:15 24/06/98 +0800, Michael Malone wrote:
>>
>>> It discourages end customers from buying directly from NOMINET by a
>>> charging non-members twice the amount it charges members.
>>
>>Why is the rationale for allowing non members to register directly
>>at all?  Why not have nominet act purely as a clearing house for
>>its members?
>>
>>MM
>>
>>ps: so is the new signature ok?  If any bush lawyers would like to
>>    suggest changes, please email me directly.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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