Re:ICANN removes .org price caps despite 98% public opposition
by zamadatix on Monday July 29, 2019 @09:10PM
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> If they decide to 20x the price, I lose my email, and can't do much about it.
Many of the main TLDs like .com or .net (currently run by Verisign) include a maximum rate increase in the contract. For instance the .com contract limits to 7% increases that can only occur once per year for the last 4 years of each 6 year term. Not really any different than physically renting/buying a place and worrying that in 20 years rent/taxes could have increased and you had to move.
That being said I don't recommend running your own email and I absolutely think it would be awesome/possible for DNS to be a community service rather than for profit business. I don't think regulation (outside of local businesses that run portions like Verisign) is realistically sustainable due to the number of governments involved.
Many of the main TLDs like .com or .net (currently run by Verisign) include a maximum rate increase in the contract. For instance the .com contract limits to 7% increases that can only occur once per year for the last 4 years of each 6 year term. Not really any different than physically renting/buying a place and worrying that in 20 years rent/taxes could have increased and you had to move.
That being said I don't recommend running your own email and I absolutely think it would be awesome/possible for DNS to be a community service rather than for profit business. I don't think regulation (outside of local businesses that run portions like Verisign) is realistically sustainable due to the number of governments involved.