New ask Hacker News story: Tell HN: Hours left to protest ICANN's plan to uncap prices of legacy TLDs
Tell HN: Hours left to protest ICANN's plan to uncap prices of legacy TLDs
70 by wolfgang42 | 9 comments on Hacker News.
Starting with .org, .info, and .biz, ICANN is planning to eliminate the 10% annual cap on increases of prices that TLD registry operators can charge for domains, both new and renewals. These TLD registries have a monopoly on the entire TLD (they're who your registrar buys the domain from when you order it), so you can't just switch to a cheaper company without throwing out your entire domain and starting over from scratch on a new one. Large companies may be able to withstand large jumps in prices, but small businesses and individuals will bear the brunt of any increases that occur, increasing the already considerable centralization of the Internet. PIR (who runs .org) already makes $90 million annually from registrations, in exchange for maintaining a database and running some DNS servers. ICANN is currently holding a public comment period, which closes today at 23:59 UTC for .info and .org, and May 14 for .biz. Read the proposals and submit comments here: .info: https://go.icann.org/2GzCBRq (comments-info-renewal-18mar19@icann.org) .org: https://go.icann.org/2L3Cm6r (comments-org-renewal-18mar19@icann.org) .biz: https://go.icann.org/2XOshM8 (comments-biz-renewal-03apr19@icann.org) Help keep the Internet open to all!
70 by wolfgang42 | 9 comments on Hacker News.
Starting with .org, .info, and .biz, ICANN is planning to eliminate the 10% annual cap on increases of prices that TLD registry operators can charge for domains, both new and renewals. These TLD registries have a monopoly on the entire TLD (they're who your registrar buys the domain from when you order it), so you can't just switch to a cheaper company without throwing out your entire domain and starting over from scratch on a new one. Large companies may be able to withstand large jumps in prices, but small businesses and individuals will bear the brunt of any increases that occur, increasing the already considerable centralization of the Internet. PIR (who runs .org) already makes $90 million annually from registrations, in exchange for maintaining a database and running some DNS servers. ICANN is currently holding a public comment period, which closes today at 23:59 UTC for .info and .org, and May 14 for .biz. Read the proposals and submit comments here: .info: https://go.icann.org/2GzCBRq (comments-info-renewal-18mar19@icann.org) .org: https://go.icann.org/2L3Cm6r (comments-org-renewal-18mar19@icann.org) .biz: https://go.icann.org/2XOshM8 (comments-biz-renewal-03apr19@icann.org) Help keep the Internet open to all!
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