Re: [wg-c] breaking up (names) is hard to do

[Milton Mueller <mueller@syr.edu>]

John Charles Broomfield wrote:

> That $9 has NOT been decided by the US gov. It's a figure that NSI pulled
> out of its hat. It's a figure that NSF/DoC/ICANN are NOT happy about. It's a
> figure that is being discussed upon.

I see. The Dept of Commerce did not sign a contract with NSI with that numberin it.
DoC did not reduce the number to $9 from the initial proposal of $16.
Existing new registrars are not paying that figure. Any other silly assertions
today?

For those of you who care about facts, see the Amended Cooperative Agreement
at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/proposals/docnsi100698.htm
See the Paragraph on "Pricing"

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