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RE: [registrars] Verisign change to operation of the .com DNS lookup service

  • To: "Jim Archer" <jim@xxxxxxxxxx>, <registrars@xxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: RE: [registrars] Verisign change to operation of the .com DNS lookup service
  • From: "Bruce Tonkin" <Bruce.Tonkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 14:31:59 +1000
  • Sender: owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Thread-index: AcN7+5bR1Ss4HivKQ+itShlRF1yzygAD6c7w
  • Thread-topic: [registrars] Verisign change to operation of the .com DNS lookup service

> > A fairer way of implementing the service would be to allow 
> > organisations to register their own domain names that are 
> > mis-spellings of their own names, and have these redirected to a 
> > search/directory page of their choice - perhaps at a 
> cheaper rate than 
> > the present $6.  Forcing all traffic to a single page operated by 
> > Verisign seems like an extension of their existing monopoly rights 
> > with respect to .com.
> 
> Organizations can still do this, although there is of course 
> a practical 
> limit to just how many misspellings of your domain name you 
> can come up 
> with and afford to register.

Yes - I was thinking along the lines of a different registry service.
E.g $6 gives a fully enabled domain name, and some lower fee gives
access to one of a set of directory pages.

Regards,
Bruce



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