I understand, but the cost of peso against dollar is too low, that's why we end up paying too much beyond our living standards. .ph domains became too restrictive for businesses, it's no longer for the masses. That is the problem with globalization. So can't dotph do something about it? like lowering their price to attract more subscribers?
On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 09:23 +0800, Israel Dacanay Canasa wrote: > This isn't a joke. > > You should understand that .ph domains has a relatively small market > compared to .com/.net and others. Compared to other special tld's, .ph > is cheap! For example, .jp is $120, .co.UK is $40 ! > > I am against the monopoly too but domains.ph is kind enough to offer > reselling which allows .ph domains to be sold at lower prices, like > our company's offer which is $30. > > It's also worth that much because dictionarywords.ph is most probably > not taken yet, so you have a higher chance of getting your special .ph > domain. > > > On 7/6/05, Paolo Alexis Falcone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/6/05, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bah humbug! > > .PH has been hosting their domain name servers in the US for > ages. > > > > You can get a dedicated server and 2xE1 bandwidth in the US > for $100 a month. > > > > On 7/6/05, Paolo Alexis Falcone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 7/6/05, Dean Michael Berris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Why is it so expensive? When .com listings are available > for 5$ a year? > > > > Is this a joke? > > > > > > While I do deplore the exorbitant price, I think it can't > be helped, > > > given the high costs of operation (particularly bandwidth > and > > > electricity) here in the country, coupled with a monopoly > position. > > The monopoly position that they are in (being the registry and > the > registrar at the same time) is the real clincher as to why > they can > charge so much. I doubt that could be wrestled away from them, > given > that dotPH challenged the position of the government to choose > being > the registry XOR a registrar, and ICANN doing nothing save to > wait for > the impending resolution of all concerned parties. > > > -- > Paolo Alexis Falcone > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > -- > _________________________________ > Israel Dacanay Canasa > ION Web Services > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
