[10076] in North American Network Operators' Group
Charging for US Domain Names (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel Senie)
Fri Jun 13 16:09:38 1997
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 16:03:32 -0400
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: Daniel Senie <dts@openroute.com>
For those who aren't yet sick of the topic, this note was sent to US domain
registrars. I suspect those folks who grabbed hundreds of domains will have
to make a good business case now, as will ISPs who've been providing this
service gratis to the limited folks who've shown interest.
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 17:29:56 -0700
>From: postel@ISI.EDU
>To: us-dom-adm@ISI.EDU
>Cc: postel@ISI.EDU
>Subject: Charging for US Domain Names
>
>
>
>Hello:
>
>We appreciate the service you are providing by supporting the
>subdomains of the US Domain.
>
>Our service in managing the overall structure of the US Domain has been
>paid for under a Cooperative Agreement with the National Science
>Foundation (NSF). This agreement will end in March 1998.
>
>Starting in the spring of 1998 our service will have to be self
>supporting (no more government funds).
>
>We expect to introduce an annual charge for maintaining the records of
>the subdomains we delegate.
>
>At this time -- and subject to change -- our guestimate is that the
>charge per delegated subdomain will be between $20 and $40 per year.
>
>Thanks,
>
>--jon & shanthi
>
>
>
Daniel Senie mailto:dts@openroute.com
Sr. Staff Engineer http://www.openroute.com/
OpenROUTE Networks, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of
Proteon, Inc.)
