http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-24oct05.htm
http://forum.icann.org/lists/settlement-co…s/msg00003.html
http://forum.icann.org/lists/settlement-co…s/msg00021.html
Settlement ระหว่าง ICANN กับ Veri$ign ประกอบไปด้วยข้อหนึ่ง ที่ว่าราคา Registry service
จะเพิ่มได้ถึงปีละ 7% ตั้งแต่ปี 2007 เป็นต้นไป 
อันนี้น่าอ่าน
http://forum.icann.org/lists/settlement-co…s/msg00005.html
Registrant Impact: 50% fee increase over 7 years
* To: settlement-comments@xxxxxxxxx
* Subject: Registrant Impact: 50% fee increase over 7 years
* From: Danny Younger <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>
* Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 06:42:38 -0700 (PDT)
The new.com registry agreement stipulates:
"The Maximum Price for Registry Services subject to
this Paragraph 7.3 shall be as follows:
(i) from the Effective Date through 31 December 2006,
US$6.00;
(ii) for each calendar year beginning with 1 January
2007, the smaller of the preceding year’s Maximum
Price or the highest price charged during the
preceding year, multiplied by 1.07.
7% doesn’t sound like a lot, but this is how it will
impact registrants:
YEAR – FEE – EXAMPLE .COM REGISTRATION FEE
2006 – $6.00 – $35.00
2007 – $6.42 – $37.50
2008 – $6.87 – $40.00
2009 – $7.35 – $42.75
2010 – $7.86 – $45.75
2011 – $8.42 – $49.25
2012 – $9.00 – $52.50
Registrars are businesses that are astute enough to
pass on their costs to the consuming public. When a
registry hikes its fees to registrars, ultimately the
public bears the burden.
Insofar as other entities have already made it known
that they can perform registry services at a
substantially lower cost than VeriSign, permitting any
increase whatsoever is a slap in the face of the
public at-large.
Increasing costs to registrants is not a proactive
measure to bridge the digital divide.
ICANN should renegotiate this agreement stipulating
that the maximum price will be decreased by 7% per annum.
