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VeriSign Retains .com Domain Till 2012

dw2003   on 28 October 2005 - 15:58 · 7 comments & 1595 views

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VeriSign Inc. said on Monday it would maintain control of the lucrative ".com" Internet domain until 2012 in return for dropping an antitrust lawsuit against the nonprofit body that oversees the Internet's addressing system.

The agreement settles a long-running dispute between the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, and the most powerful company under its jurisdiction. The settlement comes at a time when ICANN is under attack from China, Iran and other countries that want more direct control over the domain-name system that guides traffic around the Internet.

VeriSign makes $6 per year from each of the 35 million .com domain names in use. It also controls the .net domain, which contains nearly 6 million names.

News source: Reuters


This is a few days out I know, but is an interesting topic considering the recent ICann controversy. - Shane Pitman


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(1 reply) #1 shanepitman on 28 Oct 2005 - 15:54
$6.00 a year x 35 million comes to $210,000,000.00. If .net domains are $6.00 per year as well, that's another 36 million. Egads, I'm in the wrong line of work.

Last edited by 81602 on 28 Oct 2005 - 16:03
#1.1 eAi on 29 Oct 2005 - 02:28
There are certain costs involved, but yes, thats a lot of money. In the UK domains are run on a non-profit basis - which is good I think
#2 M2Ys4U on 28 Oct 2005 - 15:58
#3 Bwizzel-B on 28 Oct 2005 - 16:10
I really fail to see what the other countries have to complain about. ICANN is a joke. Like, China and Iran would ever be given root server inclusion. Please.....
(2 replies) #4 Caleb on 28 Oct 2005 - 16:33
And VeriSign still rip people off with the prices...
#4.1 dotRoot on 28 Oct 2005 - 18:16
What? Are you serious? Do you know how much their infastructure costs them for the internet? They are a huge player in just about everything you do on the internet and it costs them a lot of money to do what they do. Of course they are making profit and trying to, but ripping people off for $6 for a .com? I don't think so.

I think you've got VeriSign and registrars mixed up.
#4.2 Shadrack on 28 Oct 2005 - 19:36
Their SSL certificates and "PayFlow" credit card processing services are pretty pricey, dotRoot. I think that may be what Caleb is referring to. But $6 a year for an Internet name isn't bad.

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