Government Monopoly on ‘dot-edu’ names
For a couple of years, educational bodies could get free domain names. Now we have the flip side. Education.au has taken over the running of the .edu domain, and now they’re the most expensive domains you could possibly have. You can buy a .com.au domain for under aud$60 for two years. A .org.au for under $20 if you shop around.
But the .edu domain name space has shot up from free, to aud$110. Why should schools pay more than private companies? I guess if you believe current ideology, then schools are nothing more than private companies (and should be punished for believing otherwise?)
The deciding factor perhaps is that there is only one place you can buy your previously free domain name – a government shop.