Nineteen Registrars Decry ICANN Arrangement

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday March 16, 2006 @05:31AM from the meet-the-new-boss-same-as-the-old-boss dept.

hpcanswers writes "ICANN, the governing body for Internet domain names, recently gave VeriSign exclusive control of the top-level .com domain until 2012. Now, nineteen registrars, including GoDaddy and Network Solutions, have petitioned ICANN to reconsider on the basis that VeriSign will most likely increase registration fees. A few of the registrars have also asked the US Department of Commerce to veto the deal." From the article: "The new deal permits VeriSign to increase the price of domain name registrations by 7 per cent in four of the next six years. In the two remaining years, VeriSign will only be able to raise prices if it can show the rises are necessary for security reasons. It also gives VeriSign a presumptive right to renewal of the .com registry, on the proviso that it complies with certain aspects of the agreement."

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Re:I Hate TLDs by cnerd2025 · 2006-03-16 08:49 · Score: 0, Redundant

Yeah, its the biggest damn con game there is. Someone should be able to just register a name for free, without the damn registration fees or anything. I think I can live with not watching those stupid "GoDaddy" commercials in which the girl has a "peek-a-boob" incident. And one other thing. Why does "security" play into price increases?