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> On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Ivan Pope wrote:
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> > One of my fears at the beginning of the process was that
> ICANN would expand
> > to soak up all available resources, and then would go
> looking for more.
> > Which is exactly what it started doing with the so called
> 'not more than $1
> > per name' fee.
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> It is not often that taxes are adjusted downwards....
>
>
I just wanted to make the point that the initial formula was 'not more than
$1'. While its obvious what would happen, ICANN never made any attempt to
come in under $1. Basically, they are just crap at politics and they just
don't care.
Ivan