You just have to love this part http://www.aucd.org.au/howto/register/
Discount Domain Names Services $615.00 inc GST (auDA's fee $550.00 Discount Domain Name Service's fee: $65.00) Since when do auDA charge $550 for a domain fee? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vic Cinc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ".au DNS Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 7:11 PM Subject: Re: [DNS] auCD costs > > not sure if to laugh or cry. > > Vic > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeremy Malcolm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 7:38 PM > Subject: [DNS] auCD costs > 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 > ---- > 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 > ----------- > 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 > > 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? > > -- > Jeremy Malcolm LLB (Hons) B Com > Internet and Open Source lawyer, IT consultant, actor > host -t NAPTR 1.0.8.0.3.1.2.9.8.1.6.e164.org|awk -F! '{print $3}' > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > List policy, unsubscribing and archives => http://dotau.org/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- List policy, unsubscribing and archives => http://dotau.org/
