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There was some nominal fee, it wasn't much. Frankly the idea of squatting on names and such just didn't enter people's minds until the early 90s.
by jghn 8y ago
There was some nominal fee, it wasn't much. Frankly the idea of squatting on names and such just didn't enter people's minds until the early 90s.
- joezydeco 8y agoAt least through 1992-1993 the registration was free, all it took was an email to a bot at InterNIC that handled the form. I remember having a two-digit handle with InterNIC, too bad that wasn't worth anything. =)
- icedchai 8y agoThere was actually no registration fee at all until 1997. I registered several domains that were "free" and remember having to pay $99/year for them at one point...
- jghn 8y agoYeah, after I posted that I realized that what I was remembering was a lot of fuss that they were going to charge, although I could have sworn that was more like 94-95ish. I do remember thinking that the amount was such that it'd not impact large companies but an individual, such as poor college students like myself at the time, might find it onerous.