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Technology Stocks : Network Solutions (NSOL) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jenne who wrote (827)	4/10/1999 1:23:00 PM
From: zonkie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1377

>>>>NSI's $16 fee still sounds cheap. Real competition in the domain business can't be created if Network Solutions overcharges, making it possible for NSI to subsidize the customer-processing side of its business. That would give Network Solutions an unfair edge over rivals.<<<<< Noy all people agree with your statement that 16$ is cheap. >>>>>>snip>>> asensio.com >>Network Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSOL) is attempting to obtain authorization from the U.S. Department of Commerce ("DOC") to charge ICANN's accredited registrars a $16 fee for each one-year domain name registration for operating a Shared Registry Service ("SRS"). The DOC has thus far rejected NSOL's cost arguments and $16 proposal. In fact, the DOC has solicited and obtained information concerning operating cost and capital requirements for the maintenance of an Internet domain named Shared Registry Service ("SRS"). This information provides the government with access to alternatives to NSOL's proposed $16 annual per name fee to operate an SRS. The DOC has received several proposals, including at least one $2 proposal. The $2 proposal showed actual direct cost of less than $1 per name per year. These costs are exclusive of any savings from use of existing underutilized capacity or cost subsidies from other product lines. <<<<<<< also see------> asensio.com Please excuse me if these links have already been posted, I am neither long nor short NSOL and have not read the thread and do not plan on taking any position in the company. z..........