Re: Tired of Waiting

["Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>]

"Richard J. Sexton" writes:
> Perry, Chris want's to sell names directly to the public. His prices
> posetd on the webtld.com website are $35/yr with discounts for multiple
> years. Chris has agreed to stipulate or contactually agree to 
> a long term increase shcedule.

The issue is not only one of price. If Chris turns into a flake, his
customers have no way to switch to another provider. Furthermore, we
would expect that with time, prices should drop, not remain stable.

> On the other hand, the CORE registrars that would *like* to sell
> IAHC's version of .web charge, on average $75 to $100/yr as
> middlemen.

I have no evidence that supports your claim. I also suspect that
competition in the area would drive prices down to a small rate of
return over cost.

Perry