From: Richard.Johnson@Colorado.EDU (Richard Johnson)
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 95 15:06:04 PDT
To: bbruce@csn.net
Subject: Leaked NSI PR About $50-Annual-Fee-for-Domain-Name
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Here's a pointer to a very interesting draft press release, apparently scheduled for release on 18 September 1995.

Short version:  The article specifies $100 one-time fee for new domain name registrations, and a $50/year annual fee for all .com, .edu, .gov, .net, and .org domains.

Long version:
> From: rpwhite@best.com (rpwhite)
> Newsgroups: best.general,best.announce,best.www,ba.internet,comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains,talk.bizarre
> Subject: INTERNET BEGINS FEE-BASED REGISTRATION
> Date: 12 Sep 1995 12:18:18 -0700
> Organization: BEST Internet (415) 964-2378
> Lines: 495
> Approved: dillon@best.com
> Message-ID: <434mdq$c3r@shell1.best.com>
> NNTP-Posting-Host: shell1.best.com