Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 21:11:39 +0100 (CET) From: Manuel Enrique Garcia Cuesta <megarcia@lix.intercom.es> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: How much to pay my ISP for my own Internet domain ? Message-ID: <XFMail.981205211139.megarcia@lix.intercom.es> In-Reply-To: <412566CD.0053163F.00@domino.intercom.es>
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Greetings
I have been querying my current ISP about the issues
related to my registering and setting up a domain of my own,
namely his handing me over a static IP address, his name servers
playing secondary for my zone, and his mail machine receiving
mail for my domain when my machine is not plugged to the Net
(that will be 90% of the time ). I was expecting he would ask
for big bucks, what he did. Anyway, being the newbie I am
regarding most of the technical stuff I will admit beforehand
that the costs he tells me about *might be* reasonable, but I
would also like to ask the knowledgeable people in this list an
opinion.
> * Startup:
>
> - Static IP: USD 68
> - Domain registration: USD 83
> - DNS/SMTP configuration: USD 214
> - Mail delivery procedure: USD 54 (script that
>notifies our server that yours is available to receive pending
>messages )
>
>
> * Monthly maintenance:
>
> - Static IP: USD 22
> - Domain: USD 27
>
> + 16% VAT
This all adds to what they are already setting me back for
"normal" Internet access, some USD 25 a month.
By the way, I told them I would register the domain myself
with the InterNIC.
They charge Spanish pesetas obviously, I have applied an
aproximate exchange rate.
I don't know how important this might be, but I think they
are running mainly Linux and perhaps some Windows NT.
I know this question is somewhat off topic, but I don't
know of any better place where to ask. Personally, I think it is
outrageously expensive, much more than it should be. Somebody
please convince me that it's not. Thanks in advance,
Manuel Garcia
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