Panel: VeriSign Should Retain Domain Name, Associated Press, 29 Mar 2005

“An independent advisory firm recommended Monday that VeriSign Inc. be given another six years to run the Internet's third most popular domain name suffix. If approved, renewal of a contract to serve as master-keeper of ".net" directories would generate about $20 million annually for VeriSign, which already makes more than $200 million a year managing ".com." Owners of ".net" domain names could see lower prices when they renew.�

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