RE: UKNM: RE: UKNM Digest V1 #721

[John Handelaar]

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From: John Braithwaite [JohnBGBGdirect [dot] com (mailto:JohnBGBGdirect [dot] com)]

> Sent: 26 October 2000 09:44

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To: uknmchinwag [dot] com

> Subject: UKNM: RE: UKNM Digest V1 #721

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> John, firstly they aren't the poorest country on the Earth. 


Perhaps not.  But they're damned close.


> Secondly they

> are not getting their GDP increased by that amount, they got a lump sum

> (again, not a bright move). 


http://www.tv/en-def-8c63c9ab795d/en/about/about_tuvalu.shtml

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/tv.html


$4m minimum, every year for ten years.  Or 

over $100 per capita per year.  Forty million

dollars for a place with a GDP of $7.8m.


"Not a bright move"?  Fool.


> Thirdly, they have sold out their 

> right to have

> a country-specific domain name for companies that actually work there,

> opting out of that part of the digital economy.


You mean Tuvalan web companies (I'll bet

there are loads) are forbidden from paying

$50 to their national registrar and getting

a domain?


And the government's deal with dotTV is 

in perpituity instead of a 10-year lease?


No, thought not.


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