ICANN Allows .COM Price Increases, Gets More Money
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ICANN Allows .COM Price Increases, Gets More Money
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Re: ICANN Allows .COM Price Increases, Gets More Money
#2Are there any alternative DNS resolution systems and which browsers are implementing them?
Re: ICANN Allows .COM Price Increases, Gets More Money
#3I know very little about the technical and business side of DNS and Domain Registrars. That being said, have things actually gotten more expensive for them to operate?
I'm pretty confident the answer is no and these price increases just reflect the need for a handful of entities to charge more for an essential service with no viable alternative.
Re: ICANN Allows .COM Price Increases, Gets More Money
#4Are there any alternative DNS resolution systems and which browsers are implementing them?
https://ipfs.io has https://docs-beta.ipfs.io/concepts/ipns, but the names aren't human-readable- it still depends on DNS for human readable names: https://docs-beta.ipfs.io/concepts/dnslink
Basic IPFS support was added in Firefox 59
Re: ICANN Allows .COM Price Increases, Gets More Money
#5Are there any alternative DNS resolution systems and which browsers are implementing them?
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Re: ICANN Allows .COM Price Increases, Gets More Money
#6Are there any alternative DNS resolution systems and which browsers are implementing them?
Re: ICANN Allows .COM Price Increases, Gets More Money
#7I know very little about the technical and business side of DNS and Domain Registrars. That being said, have things actually gotten more expensive for them to operate? I'm pretty confident the answer is no and these price increases just reflect the need for a handful of entities to charge more for an essential service with no viable alternative.
If anything costs should have gone down. Bandwidth is cheaper, and processing power has gone up.
However, even with that DNS has been pretty distributed by design. Lowering system load at the top level to begin with.
Like some country code domains are managed by a pretty small number people to begin with. So it's not like you need a large amount of staff either.
Re: ICANN Allows .COM Price Increases, Gets More Money
#8Are there any alternative DNS resolution systems and which browsers are implementing them?
Re: ICANN Allows .COM Price Increases, Gets More Money
#9I know very little about the technical and business side of DNS and Domain Registrars. That being said, have things actually gotten more expensive for them to operate? I'm pretty confident the answer is no and these price increases just reflect the need for a handful of entities to charge more for an essential service with no viable alternative.
Another way to look at this (and this only works for domains, not things like hosting) is supply and demand. There's a limit to the number of domains out there, and there's a huge increase in people who want them.
It's almost like Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies... scarcity is built in to domains. At some point, they'll all be taken.
Re: ICANN Allows .COM Price Increases, Gets More Money
#10"Verisign will be allowed to increase the wholesale price to registrars for .COM domains by 7% each year in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. After a two year “freeze”, Verisign can increase prices by 7% annually during 2026-2029, then another two year “freeze”. This cycle will continue, meaning that within 10 years, .COM domains could cost approximately 70% more than the current wholesale price of $7.85 — and the sky is the limit."