At 10:35 AM +1000 2/8/01, Aristedes Maniatis wrote:

>I had thought that the initial registration was unlimited and that the
>bi-annual fees did not apply for domains registered before a certain date.

What... you give a company a monopoly and expect them to give you
something for free? C'mon!

Fees have been charged on all .com.au domains since 1997.

 ...R.