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Q1.2 Why is it appropriate for VeriSign to be allowed to raise its prices by up
to 7% per year?<br>
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A1.2 <strong><b><font face="Times New Roman">In order to provide for a
transition to allowing market forces to determine prices, ICANN and VeriSign
agreed to relax the current price cap</font></b></strong>, which has remained
unchanged since ICANN came into existence, on a graduated basis<font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>----------------</span></font><font color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>…and the price of every piece of technology in
existence in1998 has plummeted. The notion that performing a data
processing task in 2005 substantially identical to the same data processing
task on a per unit basis performed in 1998 would be *<b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>more</span></b>* costly is a proposition that could only be believed by
an idiot.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>Why did the same “market forces”, as opposed to
backroom collusion over the ICANN board’s expressed delusions of
grandeur, result in a reduction of the price of .net?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>Is .net in some “other” market?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>The statement above is such a transparent insult to the
intelligence of any thinking person that it is not worthy of dignified comment.
My questions to the author are, “How do you sleep at night?” and “Are
you the person you want your children to become?”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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