TLD Registrar Wants To Charge $300 For .Pro Names

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday May 8, 2002 @12:26AM from the mercantilsm-has-its-privileges dept.

dipfan writes: "The commercialization of the net continues: RegistryPro, the ICANN-approved registrar of the new TLD name, wants to charge up to $300 for .Pro addresses - or about 10 times the price of a .com address. The company says it will restrict .Pro to doctors, lawyers or accountants: 'qualified professionals in good standing ... .pro will be a premium brand, enabling effective, secure communication between professionals and users for the first time in the history of the Internet.' The Washington Post quotes RegistryPro's chief executive: 'The goal of RegistryPro is to build out a gated community for professionals on the Internet.' Is this what happens when you give one company a license to print money?"

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So I guess... by NewbieSpaz · 2002-05-08 00:27 · Score: 5, Funny

Prostitutes won't be able to register...

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Re:What about prostitutes? by Mark+Round · 2002-05-08 00:38 · Score: 4, Funny

Actually, shouldn't that be .ho ?