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# Funding - ICANN requires a good financial support from its stake holders as a non-profit organization.

# Funding - ICANN requires a good financial support from its stake holders as a non-profit organization.

# [[Whois]] Data Base - Access to the registration database is critical to the operations of electronic commerce, therefore it is important that access is not unfairly limited and that it does not create unfair burdens on its users.  

# [[Whois]] Data Base - Access to the registration database is critical to the operations of electronic commerce, therefore it is important that access is not unfairly limited and that it does not create unfair burdens on its users.  

# Prepayment - MCI cited that under the Transition Agreement, [[NSI]] is excused from complying with II.J.4 requiring prepayment of domain name registrations for a period of 4 months from the agreement date. According to MCI, the reason for the extension is altogether unclear, especially since NSI announced in July, 1999 that it was introducing a prepayment requirement effective September 1, ostensibly to curtail [[cybersquatting]], and there is no such extension period for any other registrar.

# Prepayment - MCI cited that under the Transition Agreement, Network Solutions is excused from complying with II.J.4 requiring prepayment of domain name registrations for a period of 4 months from the agreement date. According to MCI, the reason for the extension is altogether unclear, especially since Network Solutions announced in July, 1999 that it was introducing a prepayment requirement effective September 1, ostensibly to curtail [[cybersquatting]], and there is no such extension period for any other registrar.

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