BTW there is also the fact that the market share for the NIC's are not so
high than for NSI.
It could be ridiculous to open for example the registration for the
Luxembourg domain name (if it exsits, I have to check) .....
The market share of
ESTENA - the Ministry of Education Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
is nearly 100% in Luxembourg. The associated fee is only
a mere 2000 FLUX (US$53) initially, and 3000 FLUX (US$ 77.5) annually.
The COM, NET, and ORG registration share of domain names in Europe
is minuscule compared to the country registration shares, including
Luxembourg. By any measure, DG IV has clearly misplaced its priorities.
Looks to me like the LU domain monopoly could benefit from a little
registrar competition to lower those prices a bit.
--tony
