Ed30 said:
I thought registration costs would fall, not double!
http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/verisign/com-registry-agreement-22sep05.pdf
Plus a double in ICANN fees. To make things even more interesting the fees aren't cost based or do they have to be approved.
I just sent this over to ICANN as a response. Others should do the same but ofcourse in your own words and own concerns.
Removed Not Renewed
Verisign has shown over the years and continues to show that it has no other objective but to increase it's bottom line and bend the rules.
1. From the WLS proposal which was an attemt to monopolize the expired domain market and the only reason it was put to rest is the more profitable proposal CLS which is full of flaws.
2. It's Sitefinder "service' which was nothing but an attemt to profit from the millions of misguided people and at the expense of the advertisers who would have been paying for it.
3. The looking the other way with its hand out while 1 million plus domains a day are being registered "tasted" for traffic and dumped.
4. Allowing registrars to bend the rules on the redemption period.
5. Allowing registrars to allow names not to be deleted and keeping those names in the previous owners name while that registrar profits from its traffic.
6. The proposed settlement for which they get to do all of the above and charge more for it without answering to anyone including you (ICANN).