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VeriSign Jacks Up .com, .net Prices To the Max

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the greed-is-universal dept.

se7en writes "VeriSign is jacking up prices for the .com and .net domains for the second year running, increasing both by the maximum 7% allowed under its exclusive contract with ICANN. 'Assuming that VeriSign continues the 7 percent rise each year (which seems reasonable given the company's history), registrars will be looking at $9.00 for .com domains by the time the current contract ends in 2012 — a 50 percent increase in six years.' Registrars have no choice but to pony up, and chances are they'll pass the pain on to customers."

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  1. inflation by TheSHAD0W · · Score: 4, Funny

    That'll be what, 1 Euro by then?

  2. Re:And? by CastrTroy · · Score: 2, Funny

    What customers?

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  3. Re:I dont understand by carpe.cervisiam · · Score: 2, Funny

    I dont understand- is this entry a joke? This is about as ground-breaking as "a local McDonald's increases $1 menu to $1.05 menu!" In other news, inflation was 8% last year! Wow. I want to live in your world. The magical land where an inflation rate of 8% translates into a 5% increase in the price of goods and services.
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  4. Re:And? by MrNaz · · Score: 5, Funny

    You fail sarcasm. Totally. You could say that you have failed to the max.

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  5. Speaking of inflation... by OakDragon · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...somebody tell the GoDaddy girl that her tits are going to have to get bigger.

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  6. Re:Will this make spamsites unprofitable? by Jurily · · Score: 5, Funny

    Email system: "What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?"
    You: "What do you mean? An African or European swallow?"
    Email system: "Huh? I... I don't know that."
    [email system explodes]

  7. Re:Will this make spamsites unprofitable? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I am an off-site mail filterer too, and our stats show that 100% of incoming mail is spam. Now we just block port 25, and we're so effective that the companies tell us they don't need our services after the first week.

  8. Re:Will this make spamsites unprofitable? by BlueParrot · · Score: 4, Funny

    There is a simple solution to email spam


    No there isn't. Don't make me post the form at you...