this is a classic example of how monopoly position is monetised. nowdays monopolies are established and maintained by the government. there is a lot of money to be made, being a monopoly, but government cannot show this on its books (joe the plumber may not like that). so they create a commercial proxy entity, that accumulates most of the profits. the part left in the shadow is how moneys make it back to individuals in the government who arranged this deal, but judging by how vigorously government protects the proxy, there is little doubt that this is happening. for starters i would run a cross check between names of verisign subcontractors and names of family and friends of top icaan officials.
If ICANN only charges 18¢ per domain name, why am I paying $10? (2014)
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Re: If ICANN only charges 18¢ per domain name, why am I paying $10? (2014)
#22Why do we even need domain names? I mean unless it's a brand, we rarely type in a domain name, it's usually bookmarked or linked.
Re: If ICANN only charges 18¢ per domain name, why am I paying $10? (2014)
#23Ignoring the fact that the revenue goes to a private company there's one good reason why 18¢ would be a bad idea - already too many domains are hoarded by a small group just for resell; I imagine it would be even worse then.
The solution to this should be simple. Every n years, domains are put up for auction. To keep the domain, the original owner must pay x% of the top bid, otherwise the top bidder acquires the domain for his bid price, maybe add a year or two of grace period so the original owner can migrate.
That is the stupidest idea ever. If i have a domain name and if somebody rich wants it, it can take over next year. It hijacking.
Re: If ICANN only charges 18¢ per domain name, why am I paying $10? (2014)
#24Why do we even need domain names? I mean unless it's a brand, we rarely type in a domain name, it's usually bookmarked or linked.
not to mention that you can always bookmark a bookmark.
Re: If ICANN only charges 18¢ per domain name, why am I paying $10? (2014)
#25Distributed DNS like service would solve most of the problems. Something similar to DHT for DNS.
Re: If ICANN only charges 18¢ per domain name, why am I paying $10? (2014)
#26Distributed DNS like service would solve most of the problems. Something similar to DHT for DNS.
Who resolves disputes in a distributed DNS system? Is it just a race for land, first who plants a flag gets it?
The internet's domain registry does absolutely need management. It just needs management which is unbiased and competent.
Re: If ICANN only charges 18¢ per domain name, why am I paying $10? (2014)
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
The solution to this should be simple. Every n years, domains are put up for auction. To keep the domain, the original owner must pay x% of the top bid, otherwise the top bidder acquires the domain for his bid price, maybe add a year or two of grace period so the original owner can migrate.
That is the stupidest idea ever. If i have a domain name and if somebody rich wants it, it can take over next year. It hijacking.
How about if that additional revenue from the sale goes to you?
Re: If ICANN only charges 18¢ per domain name, why am I paying $10? (2014)
#28Distributed DNS like service would solve most of the problems. Something similar to DHT for DNS.
Who resolves disputes in a distributed DNS system? Is it just a race for land, first who plants a flag gets it? The internet's domain registry does absolutely need management. It just needs management which is unbiased and competent.
Perhaps we don't need manage everything. Perhaps not every action needs arbitration. On a bright side such system can't be shut down or censored.
Re: If ICANN only charges 18¢ per domain name, why am I paying $10? (2014)
#29I don't claim to know what the fair price for the .com registry. I will say this though the hosting isn't free. There are millions of requests per second across all networks from all across the world. They must respond with low latency. The major registries are nearly always under DDoS attack. There is a reason verisign has some of the best DDoS protection. All the data centers across the world, the network connectiv…
I thought that DNS hosting was paid for by ISP fees?
Re: If ICANN only charges 18¢ per domain name, why am I paying $10? (2014)
#30I don't claim to know what the fair price for the .com registry. I will say this though the hosting isn't free. There are millions of requests per second across all networks from all across the world. They must respond with low latency. The major registries are nearly always under DDoS attack. There is a reason verisign has some of the best DDoS protection. All the data centers across the world, the network connectiv…
wouldn't it make more sense to pay based on how much your site gets used then? Or would that be too expensive to track?