I agree with that! But, since MOST do NOT offer it, and it will cost some money for it, then we should charge at least 1 or 2 dollars for it, PER YEAR, even if it is ONLY for the initial year, that would cover costs to BUILD the technology.
I agree you should not have to pay for privacy, but since it is NOT in existence for the biggest part, it has to be financed. End of point. Maybe Bill Gates could afford to just build it, but most businesses have expenses involved in doing things of that nature. Just my 2 cents. Richard. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert L Mathews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 8:43 PM Subject: Re: protecting ourselves from scammers > At 11/27/02 3:57 PM, Ross Wm. Rader wrote: > > >I'd be interested in hearing more about whether or not you all have any > >ideas as to how much your customers are willing to pay for enhanced privacy > >(or if indeed they are at all...) > > Okay: The idea of charging people an extra fee for privacy is repugnant. > > The existence of a WHOIS service that reveals personal contact details > for each domain holder is purely due to historical accident. Every domain > holder I have talked to about it is appalled by its existence. > > >From our customer's standpoint, our industry is subjecting its customers > to a tremendous invasion of privacy. Charging customers extra to prevent > that from happening would be like kicking them in the head until they pay > us to stop. > > Businesses that screw people as a standard practice and charge an extra > fee for decent service don't survive in the long term. I know many people > on this list have no complaint about WHOIS, but try asking the end-users: > the vast majority of them believe privacy is a fundamental part of > acceptable service, not an add-on. I certainly expect OpenSRS to be > looking for ways to enhance the fundamental service, including privacy, > and I'm glad to hear you're investigating ways to do that. But like > end-users, I don't expect (and won't accept) an effort to turn something > so basic into a profit center. > > What's next: asking how much more people are willing to pay for prompt > transfers? That kind of thing is why I won't do business with VeriSign. > > ------------------------------------ > Robert L Mathews, Tiger Technologies > > >
