Domain prices, .com, and .net are about to increase sharply
Owners of many Internet addresses with ".com" and ".net" - two of the most popular domain names today - have announced they will raise their registration fees to 7% and 10%.
The fee that customers pay annually to own a ".com" domain name will increase 7% to $ 6.42, while the ".net" purchase fee will increase 10% to $ 3.85. With about 62 million ".com" and 9.1 ".net" domain names currently in use, VeriSign can increase revenue by up to $ 29 million per year.
However, the new tariff will only apply to customers who register or renew domain names only. On the other hand, customers who register before October 14 will still be charged the old price. Some services for domain name registration for up to 10 years, even Network Solutions (formerly affiliated with VeriSign) also offer a package of services . 100 years.
Source: Infoworld VeriSign currently operates a Domain Name System (DNS) network, which monitors and monitors all ".com" and ".net" domains that are "living". Computers from around the world will often contact DNS to find access to ".com", ".net" and email websites.
VeriSign explained that they need to catch up with the increasing online users of today, as well as the explosion of security risks from hackers.
Currently, VeriSign's DNS server receives up to 30 billion statements a day - compared to the 1 billion figure in 2000. Meanwhile, the number of security attacks has increased 8 times compared to the time when here 7 years.
Last February, VeriSign announced the Titan Project, an initiative to expand the capacity of the DNS system tenfold in 2010, enough to accommodate 4000 billion statements a day. This is the amount needed to overcome denial of service attacks.
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