Just say "NO" to Variable Pricing

["Kenn Lane" <kandvlane@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

One of the great blessings to the entire scope of Internet businesses and 
services has been the restraint by governments not to tax the Internet. Now 
this variable pricing program seems nothing less than a massive taxation on 
businesses by the registries. Taken to the extreme this program could 
conceivably wipe out businesses that have been so far protected from taxation 
on the Internet. This sounds like a terrible idea to me. Dot --- registries may 
need income to survive, and that's appropriate. The concept of variable 
pricing, however, doesn't seem representative of reasonable fees for businesses 
to hold and maintain their registered names over time. Let's rethink this and 
back off from such a 'greedy' idea.


KC Lane