domain name zapping threat by Internic

[Steven L Baur]

>>>>> "Vladimir" == Vladimir Z Nuri <vznuri at netcom.com> writes:

Vladimir> surprising not to see any discussion on this here..

Vladimir> this is a very intersting development. all kinds of news reports
Vladimir> are talking about the internic zapping 25,000 DNS addresses.
Vladimir> I wonder how this will turn out.

Vladimir> I saw in an article a claim, I think, that the internic now
Vladimir> charges $100 "rent" per year for a domain. this is really
Vladimir> amazing to me, because this has totally changed from a
Vladimir> one-time only fee, if correct.  is that correct?

Not even close.


[ URL ftp://rs.internic.net/templates/domain-template.txt ]        [ 09/95 ]

******************* Please DO NOT REMOVE Version Number ********************

Domain Version Number: 2.0

**************** Please see attached detailed instructions *****************

******** Only for registrations under ROOT, COM, ORG, NET, EDU, GOV ********
 ...
A domain name registration fee of $100.00 US is applicable.  This charge
will cover the $50.00 maintenance fee for two (2) years.  After the two
year period, an invoice will be sent on an annual basis.


If that's not rent, what is?
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