You just have to love this part

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

Discount Domain Names Services    $615.00 inc GST
(auDA's fee $550.00 Discount Domain Name Service's fee: $65.00)

Since when do auDA charge $550 for a domain fee?



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vic Cinc" <vicc&#167;cia.com.au>
To: ".au DNS Discussion List" <dns&#167;dotau.org>
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 7:11 PM
Subject: Re: [DNS] auCD costs


>
> not sure if to laugh or cry.
>
> Vic
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jeremy Malcolm" <Jeremy&#167;Malcolm.id.au>
> To: <dns&#167;dotau.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 7:38 PM
> 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}'
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> List policy, unsubscribing and archives => http://dotau.org/
>