[governance] Are Internet users powerless or empowered, and how?

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

Karl Auerbach [30/11/07 18:37 -0800]:

> A price-setting regulatory body ought to know how much it costs to provide 
> the regulated service being provided.  Unfortunately the body of internet 
> governance that sets domain name registry prices (and its own fee as well) 
> seems to never have bothered to inquire as to the actual cost.

Karl, anybody at all can trot out figures - $.03 to $7. I suspect the
answer lies somewhere in the middle - certainly several times your figure
but rather less than $6 or $7, especially at volume.

What would you say to providing a minimum floor set of criteria for
services a registrar must provide its customers, that would actually be
worth $6 (e&oe lowering costs by outsourcing your ops, support etc to the
Phillipines)?

	srs
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