To answer my own question:

> Robert Elz delegated the
> administration of com.au to Melbourne IT in November 1996 on a fee for service
> basis as he could no longer handle the demand for com.au registrations. At the
> time it was announced that all existing com.au name holders had to take out a
> licence by April 1997, this was later extended to October 1997.

Thank you to Jan of Melbourne IT for clarifying this matter. I had
mistakenly thought that the domain name had not been previously renewed. In
fact, the free grace period expired in 1997. I guess the pricing will return
to reasonable levels once AuDA sorts out the competition policy.

Sorry to trouble everyone.

Ari Maniatis


on 2/8/01 10:35 AM, Aristedes Maniatis at ari§ish.com.au wrote:

> I am trying to track down information about the pricing of old domain names.
> I have just been informed that our domain (ish.com.au) is due for renewal
> for the first time after 10 years. The domain was obtained in 1991.



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