Under fire for its plan to charge domain name registrars a fee for each name they register, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is sticking by its argument that private donations are not enough to fund U.S. government efforts to increase competition in that business. ICANN’s plan to charge registrars $1 per new domain name has drawn criticism from House Commerce Committee Chairman Tom Bliley (R-Virginia) and last week from the Department of Commerce.
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Domain Name Registrar Defends Planned Fee Increase
Posted by: Mary Hillebrand July 13, 1999 12:00 AMUnder fire for its plan to charge domain name registrars a fee for each name they register, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is sticking by its argument that private donations are not enough to fund U.S. government efforts to increase competition in that business. ICANN’s plan to charge registrars $1 per new domain name has drawn criticism from House Commerce Committee Chairman Tom Bliley (R-Virginia) and last week from the Department of Commerce.