David and all,
David R. Conrad wrote:
> Dean,
>
> > NSI will
> > gross $9 million a year for the registrations alone, PLUS the fee for their
> > software that logs onto their system (that they won't support).
>
> It has been argued that the organization that runs the registry is also
> responsible for running the primaries and secondaries that make the
> registry's domains available. This would appear to be part of the
> argument NSI is making to justify the $9 per domain figure that
> (apparently) DoC has signed off on.
>
> While I still consider $9 per domain ridiculously overpriced (drop it by
> an order of magnitude (or change the funding model to something a bit
> more rational than per domain fees) and you'd get closer to the numbers
> I think would be appropriate), the provision of a registry isn't as
> simple as you seem to be implying.
Interesting evaluation and possibly correct. However unless or until you or
anyone else can provide such a breakdown that NSI has done evidently,
your evaluation is pure speculation, nothing more. Tiny things like
FACTS David in these sort of situation are relevant.
>
>
> Regards,
> -drc
>
>
Regards,
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