[DNS] auCD costs

[DNS] auCD costs

From: Jon Lawrence <jon§jonlawrence.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 12:57:17 +0100
I presume it's this: 

http://www.aucd.org.au/


>-- Original Message --
>From: "Skeeve Stevens" <skeeve&#167;skeeve.org>
>To: "'.au DNS Discussion List'" <dns&#167;dotau.org>
>Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 21:38:52 +1000
>Subject: Re: [DNS] auCD costs
>Reply-To: ".au DNS Discussion List" <dns&#167;dotau.org>
>
>
>And auCD is?
>
>...Skeeve 
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: dns-bounces+skeeve=skeeve.org&#167;dotau.org
>[mailto:dns-bounces+skeeve=skeeve.org&#167;dotau.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy Malcolm
>Sent: Friday, 11 August 2006 7:39 PM
>To: dns&#167;dotau.org
>Subject: [DNS] auCD costs
>
>I have been surprised before, and am again, by some of auXX's pricing
>decisions.  Compare the cost of an auCD domain and CMS hosting package
over
>five years to the cost of the nearest alternative:
>
>auCD
>----
>Registration fee, two years (cheapest registrar): $615 x 2.5 Hosting and
>CMS
>licence, year 1: $2200 + ($1500 x 4)
>Total: $10,337.50
>
>Alternative
>-----------
>Registration fee, .org.au (cheapest registrar): $9.50 x 2.5 CMS licence
>(cheapest easy-to-use CMS, eg. Mambo): $0.00 Hosting (a cheap Australian
>host supporting Mambo): $162 x 5
>Total: $833.75
>
>Quite rightly, only non-profit groups can apply for auCD domains.  How
many
>non-profit community Web sites do you know that would have the budget for
>an
>auCD package?
>
>--
>Jeremy Malcolm LLB (Hons) B Com
>Internet and Open Source lawyer, IT consultant, actor host -t NAPTR
>1.0.8.0.3.1.2.9.8.1.6.e164.org|awk -F! '{print $3}'
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