On Fri, Oct 26, 2001, Paul Day wrote:
> Am I the only one who thinks it's a pity .asn.au and .id.au can no longer
> be run for free by volunteers?
> 
> Especially .id.au which has been run by a group of volunteers since it's
> inception in '93 (?). I think it'd be great for it to continue being run
> by a volunteer base using volunteer resources. Otherwise, it'll just be
> handed off to one of the companies who get one of the other .au's (would
> anyone bother trying to make money from .id.au with a $15k setup,
> $11/domain for reg., and $1/yr/domain?) and be charged for.

Damn. you beat me to writing up something Paul. :)

> auDA will want $11/reg and $1/yr and the commercial organisation will have
> to cover it's own costs (including the $15k they paid for .id.au) and
> their own profit. It'd be unlikely the domain would still be less than
> $30/year and your average Joe Individual would just go grab a .com for $20
> for his home network.

.. which, is why a lot of people have been going for com/net/org rather
than paying for a com.au/net.au or waiting forever for a .org.au.
Most people don't even _know_ that asn.au exists.

Ok, I accept that the time for this was earlier on in the year when
it was being discussed openly, but now that I'm back and in the swing
of things in Australia: Why was it that the concept of a free id.au/org.au/
asn.au domain hierachy wasn't raised?

Personally, I'd like to donate a large chunk of my time to looking
after something like id.au, and I know of people that would help me.
What do other people think of this?



Adrian

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