>_From: Rick Welykochy
> 
> My point being:
> 
> If the owner of .AU.COM does NOT pay their fee, or their domain
> name is cancelled by InterNIC, then the thousands ofd 3LD domains
> piggy-backing on .AU.COM are simply SOL - they are instantly OFF THE NET!
> 
> Of course, the same does NOT apply to .COM.AU and .NET.AU, since they
> are sanctioned (in the sense of approved, not the church sense as some
> person indicated) by IANA and the ROOT name server system.

One day rick you are going to actually know what you are talking about.
IANA only sanction .au, Robert Elz then sanctions .com.au .org.au etc.
if Robert has a pique of mental disruption nothing stops him from 
sending .com.au into the trash can. hence the situation is really as
tenuous as .au.com forgeting to pay a bill.

Vic