PIR will also increase prices. Public Interest Registry Notice of Price Increase [PDF, 393K] <http://www.icann.org/correspondence/frolich-to-twomey-18apr07.pdf> New charge will be $6.15. Frannie, could you ask on the advisory council list why the increase is necessary? No doubt the increased costs will be passed along somehow. Thanks, Adam At 3:28 PM -0400 4/16/07, Milton Mueller wrote: >Yes, that's the one. Go get 'em. > >>>> Danny Younger <[log in to unmask]> 4/16/2007 2:21 PM >>> >Milton, > >I believe that you are refering to the resolution >passed at the 18 September 2006 Special Meeting of the >Board: > >Resolved (06.___), the President is directed to >commission an independent study by a reputable >economic consulting firm or organization to deliver >findings on economic questions relating to the domain >registration market, such as: > > -- whether the domain registration market is one >market or whether each TLD functions as a separate >market, >-- whether registrations in different TLDs are >substitutable, >-- what are the effects on consumer and pricing >behavior of the switching costs involved in moving >from one TLD to another, >-- what is the effect of the market structure and >pricing on new TLD entrants, and >-- whether there are other markets with similar >issues, and if so how are these issues addressed and >by who? > >I have no knowledge of this study having been >initiated. I will check into it and get back to the >constituency if there is any news to report. > >Regards, >Danny > >--- Milton Mueller <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> This is a key issue, and we should follow it. Danny, >> do you or anyone >> else know what happened to the economic study of >> registries that the >> ICANN Board resolution 6-8 months ago promised to >> do? > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com