Score one? Really? Hardly. Domains are disgustingly underpriced. If domains were $30 (or more) per year rather than $10, the cost for each genuine Internet provider, using a single domain name, would still be a negligible part of the total cost of operating an Internet presence. However, - The number of speculative domains being hoarded would be dramatically decreased - Since content-free domains would be more expensive to monetize, many typo-squatting sites would vanish too, decreasing end-user confusion - People like myself who hold a handful of vanity domains -- but only need one -- would be more easily persuaded to let go of the redundant ones, further increasing the available pool - Brand owners and others would learn the benefits of using third.level domain names, a facility widely underused because of the cheap cost of second level names A dramatically increased cost per domain, with the extra money used to pay for increased enforcement and public information/participation programs, would be a far better approach from a public-interest PoV. By "holding the line", PIR is doing nobody any favours except for the squatters and speculators -- and their own bank account. Even non-profits can be greedy. - Evan