Those who have been wondering where new ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom would come down on the organization's highly controversial plan to flood the Internet with new gTLDs now have an answer to their question.
Beckstrom defended the plan and suggested "competition" would be harmed if rollout of new gTLDS is delayed, suggesting that the 21 gTLDs already available do not offer enough alternatives.
Beckstrom also took a slap at .com domain investors writing, "In the end, calling for a delay in the entry of new gTLDs only serves to perpetuate existing market conditions: concentration within some existing registries, with most short generic strings unavailable, and those that trade on the value of the current marketplace, holding portfolios based upon the value of current .com names."
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