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Wed, November 1, 2000 at 6:07 AM GMT |
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The internet should be a utility |
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As far as I'm concerned, the internet is a public utility and margins should go down
to a basic return on investment for any company that wants to work in the utility
space. That said, price should be minimal, as with any public utility. The
CEO of Cisco says a phone call will cost zero within five years. The same should
be true for internet usage, which includes domain name assignments as well as online
access. Margins for registries should be thin, ensuring a low price for retail
domain name sales.Any company on this list that thinks there should be an $XYZ
hundred-odd dollar fee for a domain name registration is missing the whole point
of this process. The dot-whatever Consortiums, which seem oddly similar and strike
me as being written by the same author, seem to get the point with their proffered
price point of $3.50, and that gives me some reassurance. I hope ICANN doesn't
postpone the inevitable and decides to drive this whole scenario where it is already
ordained to end up: in cheap, widespread access- not in some company's coffers who
managed to insert itself between user and cyberspace.
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Message Thread:
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- I vote for dotPro BionicBro, November 3 @ 1:49 AM (0/0)
- Organization or Chaos? Jennifer Sun, November 3 @ 1:43 AM (3/3)
- .Pro! Jer072, November 2 @ 2:43 AM (1/2)
- DotPro Consortium tiger74, November 2 @ 2:08 AM (1/14)
- The internet should be a utility mayor, November 1 @ 6:07 AM (0/0)
- I beg to differ spamela, October 27 @ 12:45 AM (1/20)
- Proposition to ICANN, Applicants & Internet Community Pistoff, October 18 @ 6:34 PM (0/0)
- Dot Pro CONsortium Julie, October 15 @ 12:53 AM (1/2)
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