Comments on: Senators question .com price increases

At Senate hearing, politicians ask about VeriSign's guaranteed price increases for .com, call for .xxx domain.

[andrew999999999]

GoDaddy's hypocrisy

I agree that VeriSign shouldn't hike prices, but GoDaddy doesn't have much room in its argument. After all, when VeriSign lowered the fee for registering .net domains, GoDaddy didn't lower its fee at all. GoDaddy didn't pass on any of the savings to its customers.

More here:
http://domainnamewire.com/2006/09/20/domain-names-are-todays-topic-on-capitol-hill/

[chuck_whealton]

Re: Godaddy's Hypocrisy

I can't speak for GoDaddy, but I'll say that VeriSign getting a
"guaranteed income from the .COM domain" is wrong. It smacks
of a backroom deal and provides no advantage whatsoever for
consumers.

Charles R. Whealton
Charles Whealton @ pleasedontspam.com

[chuck_whealton]

Re: Godaddy's Hypocrisy

I can't speak for GoDaddy, but I'll say that VeriSign getting a
"guaranteed income from the .COM domain" is wrong. It smacks
of a backroom deal and provides no advantage whatsoever for
consumers.

Charles R. Whealton
Charles Whealton @ pleasedontspam.com

[mrstacy]

Not really

You are free to transfer your domain away from godaddy at any time you would like. There?s a lot of competition at that level. You as the consumer, have the choice to get that savings. Whereas, no matter who you go with, you?re stuck paying verisign their cut.

[tgalvin-463]

Corrections

Two corrections from the hearing:

1) One senator. not multiple as the story suggests. raised the issue of .com pricing. It was Sen. Gordon Smith and it was the last question asked at the hearing. There was no other senators left at that point.

2) Sen. Smith's questioning was focused on whether registries should have to cost justify an increase. He actually went out of his way to say he didn't know whether prices should go up or not.

I understand the difficulty for Declan since I don't believe he was actually present at the hearing and I'm guessing was listening to audio.

[tgalvin-463]

Corrections

Two corrections from the hearing:

1) One senator, not multiple as the story states, raised the issue of .com pricing. It was Sen. Gordon Smith and it was the last question asked at the hearing. There was no other senators left at that point.

2) Sen. Smith's questioning was focused on whether registries should have to cost justify an increase. He actually went out of his way to say he didn't know whether prices should go up or not.

I understand the difficulty for Declan since I don't believe he was actually present at the hearing and I'm guessing was listening to audio.

[jevenew]

perpetual income stream

Why is congress all of a sudden so upset over someone having a strong income stream. After all, theirs is the highest guaranteed income stream around, and we don't get much of anything from them. How about the guaranteed income stream of every two bit service provider that makes you sign for one, two, or more years service contract for just about anything anymore. And let us not forget our faithful utilities, who charge you a minimum just for existing in their realm, like the water co, the gas company, the power company, etc, etc. Go on an extended vacation, and you still have to keep up the income stream, or if you disconnect, you will be charged a reconnect fee.
Seems like our Government should get out of VeriSign's face, and tell the .com people to write off the fee increase as business expense.

[tgalvin-463]

Almost Accurate Now

Declan revised his story to correct some errors, but unfortunately it still includes a pretty big error in the opening. One senator, as opposed to "several" as the story states, raised questions about the .com agreement. It was Sen. Smith and it occurred in the last 10 minutes of the hearing, when he was the only senator left.

So, its better, but not quite accurate.

[uohaa]

I agree with 100%

[demosvalera]

Domain Costs has to be reduced. It is not fare to pay high costs. Let us change it