If you are using the registry privately there is no cost. You can create a TLD by adding a few lines to your naned.conf file. Being a TLD is technically trivial if it's not connected to registrars. Rafik Dammak wrote: > the argument was if you cannot have the money for fees so how can you > run a registry. > the cost recovery is still high and unclear. > > Rafik > > 2010/3/19 Jorge Amodio <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> > > > - to show that cost for running registry regarding appropriate > requirement > > is really low and don't correspond to what Kurt is arguing as > cost-recovery > > etc > > The issue is that the recovery cost as the based for the application > fee it is not based on whatever the cost of running the registry is, > perhaps Kurt's argument that $185K compared to the cost of running a > registry is a minimal amount is not 100% correct. > > As far as I know the recovery cost is based on the costs associated > with the evaluation of a string application for a new gTLD and as I > mentioned before the bill does not stop at $185K, if you have to go to > an extended evaluation or dispute you may have to add another > $50-$150K to the final tab. > > Regards > Jorge > >