Re: .africa gTLD

["Martin J. Duerst" <mduerst@ifi.unizh.ch>]

On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Denis Bucher wrote:

> Le 17-Jan-97, Dr Nii Narku Quaynor a écrit:
> 
> Hello !
> 
> > I also dont see the significant advantage. It may just rather have the 
> > opposite effect of marginalizing the efforts being made in the regions.
> 
> Just look at the PRICES at http://www.izpt.zr/, and you'll understand !!!

This is a major rip-off. 550 Swiss Francs for initial registration,
and 350 Swiss Francs for one-year renewal. For those who don't know
what a Swiss Franc is worth, currently that makes ~400$ for registration,
and 260$ for renewal. There is also a "name reservation" fee, not much
lower, just for reserving a domain name. Despite the fact that prices
are cited in Swiss Francs, and there is a bank reference to a Swiss
bank, I sincerely hope that the maintainer, signing as "Fred Gregoire",
is not Swiss, and that he doesn't operate from Switzerland.

Regards,	Martin.