Nineteen Registrars Decry ICANN Arrangement

hpcanswers writes "ICANN, the governing body for Internet domain names, recently gave VeriSign exclusive control of the top-level .com domain until 2012. Now, nineteen registrars, including GoDaddy and Network Solutions, have petitioned ICANN to reconsider on the basis that VeriSign will most likely increase registration fees. A few of the registrars have also asked the US Department of Commerce to veto the deal." From the article: "The new deal permits VeriSign to increase the price of domain name registrations by 7 per cent in four of the next six years. In the two remaining years, VeriSign will only be able to raise prices if it can show the rises are necessary for security reasons. It also gives VeriSign a presumptive right to renewal of the .com registry, on the proviso that it complies with certain aspects of the agreement."

2012?

[ki85squared]

hmm... 2012 is the Mayan end date of the world...

Coincidence? I think NOT!!!

[the Internet will destroy the human race as we know it...]

hmm

[kw]

Does this mean the GoDaddy girl will finally testify before Congress, just like in the commercials?

Re:Security Reasons.

[JordanL]

Perhaps the price increases are so that VeriSign can hire a competent company to do it for them?

Re:Security Reasons.

[ObsessiveMathsFreak]

Here comes "inflation."

The foundation of our economy!

Re:Meh

[stinerman]

Someone is upset that linuxpoker.com was taken, eh?

We can trust verisign

[Mr. Underbridge]

It also gives VeriSign a presumptive right to renewal of the .com registry, on the proviso that it complies with certain aspects of the agreement."

That's reasonable. I mean, verisign would never do anything to violate an agreement with ICANN, right?

Re:hmm

[anothy]

aha! finally a sensible explanation: it's all a ploy by C-SPAN to boost ratings!

Re:hmm

[Bull999999]

spilling her heaving bosoms out for all to (almost) see.

When are they going to come with out with "European" version of the commercial?

Re:exclusive

[955301]

Clearly this won't work, because I clicked on both of your example links and got nothing.

http://abcxyzwww./ [abcxyzwww.]
http://conhugecoabcxyzwww./ [conhugecoabcxyzwww.]