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IP: Where will you spend the money ?? Domain names get cheaper,
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 18:11:14 +0900
The Netly News / Afternoon Line March 16, 1998 The 30 Percent Solution The knock against domain name registrar Network Solutions, Inc. has always been the same: poor service, monopoly control and high prices. Scratch one of these complaints. Starting next month, you'll pay 30 percent less for a .com, .org, or .net domain name. Registration will drop from $100 to $70 and annual renewals will fall from $50 to $35. Why the unexpected largesse? Simple: It's part of the White House's plan to privatize the Internet by ridding us of those $15-a-year fees that flowed into an intellectual infrastructure fund. That account now totals over $45.5 million, a number with enough zeroes to attract hungry buzzards in Congress, who voted last year to spend it on universities through the Next Generation Internet. Why companies and individuals should be taxed through the National Science Foundation to subsidize academics remains an interesting question -- in fact, one that interested a federal judge. A Virginia federal court last month froze the fund and at a hearing tomorrow will hear government attorneys defend the spending plan. --By Declan McCullagh/Washington -------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology To subscribe: send a message to majordomo () vorlon mit edu with this text: subscribe politech More information is at http://www.well.com/~declan/politech/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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