also @ TechSpot: Building a Thin Mini-ITX PC: Small and Silent Performance

› ›

VeriSign to increase domain registration fees

By Justin Mann

On April 5, 2007, 8:19 PM

The cost of registering domain names is on the rise, with the first price hike for .com and .net domains since ICANN first implemented the existing system 8 years ago. VeriSign will be increasing the cost of registering a .com by 7% and a .net by 10%, currently at $6 and $3.50, respectively. A minor increase, for sure, but one that will affect many people and is a bone of contention to many:

VeriSign's move isn't without controversy. The Mountain View, Calif., company controls the master database of both domains and as such has a monopoly on .com and .net registrations. The dispute over the cost of domain names even made it to Capitol Hill.
VeriSign of course defends the price hike, citing increasing difficulty in protecting the .com and .net infrastructure along with massively increased DNS queries over the previous 8 years. Warranted or not, the fee increases are here to stay.

No tags on this story

Post a comment

Post a new comment

Social Login & Guest Posting TechSpot Members
Login here or sign up for free,
it takes about a minute.
Get complete access to the TechSpot community. Join thousands of technology enthusiasts that contribute and share knowledge in our forum. Get a private inbox, upload your own photo gallery and more.
TechSpot on:

Most Popular

Trending Featured
More Trending Topics

Featured on Keyboards

Downloads and Drivers

Downloads   Drivers  

IObit Malware Fighter 2.0

Instantbird 1.4

BitTorrent Sync 1.0.134

Spybot - Search & Destroy 2.1.19

Google Chrome for Windows 27.0.1453.93

More Downloads

Latest Discussion

Modems - Routers 6 replies on Storage and Networking

Which is the best smartphone to buy? 23 replies on Mobile Computing

Screen saver stop working after installing Norton 8 replies on Software Apps

External hard drive not showing up on my MacBook Pro 29 replies on Storage and Networking

IPod Home Button Problems 11 replies on Other Hardware

More Recent Discussion

Subscribe to TechSpot

Get free exclusive content, learn about new features and breaking tech news.