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IP: Re:: TheStreet.com: The Bizarro World of Network Solutions
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 18:47:17 -0400
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 11:22:03 -0400 To: farber () cis upenn edu From: Dave Crocker <dcrocker () brandenburg com> At 12:22 AM 4/23/99 -0400, Dave Farber wrote:First, Network Solutions will charge the competing registrars a $9 fee for each domain name that it enters into the registry database.By contrast, CORE worked out a fee with their software contractor for something like US$ 0.25 per entry. Now, that is just he data processing fee, and not a fee intended to cover the entire registry operations. A number of us have separately and repeatedly tried to assess the reasonable cost for a non-profit registry and believe the fee should be US$ 0.50 - 2.00. Hence, the fee to NSI is around 5 to 9 times higher than it should be. As usual, NSI has gotten a guarantee of much higher fees that are warranted, and one could argue that that accounts for the favorable stock market reaction.Sigmond also breathed a sigh of relief over the $9 registry fee. "Nine dollars was a lot better than some of the assumptions that other folks were making," says Sigmond. While NetworkExactly. That's why it is so strange to refer to any of this as creating "competition". NSI maintains its for-profit monopoly position. d/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Dave Crocker Tel: +1 408 246 8253 Brandenburg Consulting Fax: +1 408 273 6464 675 Spruce Drive <http://www.brandenburg.com> Sunnyvale, CA 94086 USA <mailto:dcrocker () brandenburg com>
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