[DNS] auCD costs

[Jeremy Malcolm]

I have been surprised before, and am again, by some of auXX's pricing decisions. Compare the cost of an auCD domain and CMS hosting package over five years to the cost of the nearest alternative:

auCD
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Registration fee, two years (cheapest registrar): $615 x 2.5
Hosting and CMS licence, year 1: $2200 + ($1500 x 4)
Total: $10,337.50

Alternative
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Registration fee, .org.au (cheapest registrar): $9.50 x 2.5
CMS licence (cheapest easy-to-use CMS, eg. Mambo): $0.00
Hosting (a cheap Australian host supporting Mambo): $162 x 5
Total: $833.75



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Jeremy Malcolm LLB (Hons) B Com
Internet and Open Source lawyer, IT consultant, actor
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Quite rightly, only non-profit groups can apply for auCD domains. How many non-profit community Web sites do you know that would have the budget for an auCD package?

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