jmccormac - 7:07 pm on May 27, 2006 (gmt 0)

For .EU 1.822.683 names 1566 registrars which is about 1163 per registrar Meaning there are 881 more registrars for .EU than .COM in total

Yes. it would seem that Eurid's incompetence in not having any real, verifiable standards for registrars means that this flaw has been well and truy exploited.

The problem with the domains:registrars figure is that it is a linear (number of domains/ number of registrars) figure. Reality is never that perfect. Unless the other ccTLD registries publish domains:registrars figures, the only rule of thumb that works in a mature market is that 80% of the market is held by 20% of the registrars.

Eurid's figures are untrustworthy because they are not open to proper examination. And it would probably not be in Eurid's interests to publish the domains:registrars figure because it would provide evidence of how the system was exploited by these bogus registrars.

Regards...jmcc