George Michaelson wrote:
> 
>   We have received info from our ISP informing that Melbourne IT require =
>   us to pay some extortion or they will deregister our domain name.
> 
> 
> Wilson, I understand your ire, but this is a travesty of what Melbourne IT
> will have said, or what lies behind their action. I really suggest we try
> to avoid imputing motive.
> 
> I think their costpoints are wrong, and their model of fee collection is
> wrong, but I do *not* think that your name is viable and active in perpetuity
> without some maintenance costs. If you haven't been paying any, doesn't this
> suggest you too have been rorting the system?
> 
> If you go out and examine the issues, I suspect you will find that registration
> and ongoing re-registration is very common. Of course we all need to know what
> the money gets spent on, but that doesn't invalidate the requirement to pay
> towards the costs of making names (and in this internet case) addresses work.
> 
> cheers
>         -George

George

Thank you for injecting some sanity into this debate.  

PG