The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has some interesting plans for net addresses that would shake up the current system. But in two separate letters, the Department of Commerce (DOC) has raised some serious concerns about them, according to the BBC.
The first involves ICANN’s plans to offer up to 800 new addresses for $185,000 per domain, with a yearly cost of $60,000. Commerce Department official Meredith Baker told Icaan it needed to "articulate a clear rationale for the proposed fee structure" and prove the change would "not compromise the stability or security of DNS (Domain Name System)."
