] > If I renew domain X.com.au for two years with registrar Y, and one
] > month later want to transfer to registrar Z, does that mean registrar Z
] > is expected to accept all the responsiblities of being the registrar
] > for X.com.au for 23 months with no payment?
] 
] Not at all.. there can be a charge for transfers, but only if there is no
] added registrations period to the domain name. Then the above would not
] happen.

Then what about people who transfer around renewal time? 
(Personally as a consumer, that's when I would be shopping around
for registrars/resellers.)

If registrants have to pay extra (a transfer fee) to renew through
a different registrar, wouldn't that reduce competition?

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 David Keegel <djk&#167;cyber.com.au>  URL: http://www.cyber.com.au/users/djk/
Cybersource P/L: Unix Systems Administration and TCP/IP network management