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To: Spots who wrote (1271)	6/10/1998 9:49:00 PM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Domain Fees..Web Hosting Services >>>you have to pay Internic a two-year registration fee, which, unless they have dropped their price (which I can't imagine) is $100 for two years plus (at present) $50 per year thereafter.<< Internic dropped the price ( I think they were asked/told? to). The only thing that is clear to me is $70 up front (good for two years) and then $35 per year for new applicants. For Domains registered prior to March 31, the way I read it is still $50 per year to maintain? If you update? (make a minor change?) it sounds like your fee will drop to $70 for two years and then $35 per year?? rs.internic.net >>Cost New registration Domain name registrations with registration dates on or before March 31, 1998, the fee is $100.00 USD. This fee includes a 30% Internet Infrastructure Fund contribution that NSI is required to pay. (Re-registrations of these names, in the future, will not include the 30% fee because this requirement ends midnight, March 31, 1998 ET.) For domain names with registration dates on or after April 1, 1998, the fee is $70.00 USD. Covers initial registration and most updates to the domain name's database record for a period of two years. These updates include: replacing existing contacts with new contacts, changing name servers and updating information about an existing contact. Updates that require the processing of a new Domain Name Registration Agreement will be subject to a new registration fee. These include : changes to the domain name itself or changing the domain name Registrant to another party. Renewal (Re-registration) For domain names with anniversary dates on or before March 31, 1998, the fee is $50.00 USD. This fee includes a 30% Internet Infrastruction Fund contribution that NSI is required to pay. For domain names with anniversary dates on or after April 1, 1998 the fee is $35.00 USD. The renewal (re-registration) fee covers one year of maintenance for the domain name record. and are assessed each year on the anniversary of the original registration. For domain names with anniversary dates on or before March 31, 1998, the fee is 50.00 USD. This fee includes a 30% Internet Infrastructure Fund contribution that NSI is required to pay. For domain names with anniversary dates on or after April 1, 1998, the fee is $35.00 USD. <<< Web Hosting Services >>For a domain name reservation, I would recommend Tabnet tabnet.com << The $50 initial setup + $29 per month for a 30 MB page looks attractive. This includes 200 MB bandwidth per day. I can't imagine any new site using that much bandwidth but maybe....I searched the site and could not find the rate for additional bandwidth. The only reference I found was one for a commercial account and a statement to call for details. Elsewhere in the site they refer to commercial accounts starting at $145 per month. It can get very expensive if one exceeds the bandwidth limitations. One should compare the above to Adgrafix Web Hosting Services. adgrafix.com . At one time I had a reference to a page that made recommendations for Web Hosting services ( lost the bookmark in my last crash). Adgraphic was one of two recommended sites. One of the reasons was the 1 GB per day bandwidth allotment. Adgrafix starts with a 15 MB / $79 setup fee and $39 per month with 1 GB bandwidth per day. This could be substantially less expensive than tabnet if one were to have a successfull Web Page. If one uses graphics on their pages the bandwidth requirements are substantially higher than an all text site. 15 MB for a web site is substantial. Adgrafix has several options for more advanced sites on a sliding scale. (I did not see this a Tabnet but may have missed it) Adgrafix has a rather complete software package for maintaing ones site and adding features. I have not investigated Tabnet's additional benefits but at first look they seemed less than Adgrafix. Zeuspaul ps I do not recommend sites offering "unlimited bandwidth"