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Any word on whether Postel or the IANA is making anything off of the commercial registrars actions? -Deepak. On Wed, 11 Jun 1997, Daniel Senie wrote: > I haven't received anything from them lately, but I am the registrar for > bolton.ma.us, my town. I don't have any intention of charging anyone > anything for delegations (provided they are indeed in the town), but these > folks are trying to sell delegations from the US domain. So far, they've > effectively registered themselves with the US domain registrar for all town > names in the USA which were not already covered by others, and are charging > for the right to have a delegation below a town name. > > If they come to me looking to sub-delegate, my fee for them to pay me will > be something like $150 plus time and expenses. For town folks, its free. I > sent a note to ISI indicating my displeasure with the whole thing. I was a > little surprised that ISI let them register thousands of domains. > > > At 12:31 PM 6/11/97 -0700, Eric Kozowski wrote: > > > >I just received a fishy call from a guy a usdns.org. Bottom line is they > want > >to bill for .US domain registrations and give us a kickback for the .US > >subdomains that we host. > > > >What do any of you know about this group? > > > > > >-- > >Eric Kozowski VP Internet Services > >[email protected] Structured Network Systems, Inc. > >(800)390-5945 Support A Verio Affiliate > >(800)881-0962 Sales/Info http://www.structured.net/ > >PGP Key fingerprint = 0A E4 91 B8 BD CB 3E 95 42 12 04 4E 14 DF 86 76 > >'They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > >safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.' -- Benjamin Franklin 1759 > > > > > > Daniel Senie mailto:[email protected] > Sr. Staff Engineer http://www.openroute.com/ > OpenROUTE Networks, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of > Proteon, Inc.) >
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