In recent months, Traficom caused a small “uproar” when the Ministry of Transport and Communications proposed that the price of fi domains would increase from €9 to €12, and that domain name registrars would be charged an annual fee of €400 ¹.

The statements given by individuals and companies were generally against it, but some statements were in favour of the proposals. Of these, what caught my eye the most was that the statements in favour were statements from larger web hosting and domain brokerage companies. From the purpose of these statements, it can be assumed that they want to smoke smaller and private actors out of the playing field, that “professional” actors can guarantee a more reliable and secure service. At least that’s what they say. The background in reality is only for narrowing the field of competition, and if, for example, private customers registry status becomes too difficult, then these customers will naturally switch to be customers of these larger providers. As, for example, it is clear from this Shellit.org statement, which is a bit shocking how directly they want to limit competition, and drive more money into their own pockets.

Recently watched the somewhat infamous Bridge documentary from 2006, which centers around the Golden Gate suicide jumpers. Critically the documentary was averagely rated, but personally it is one of those movies that will just get stuck inside your head for a while.

Throughout the documentary Gene Sprague’s faith is treated as the red line, whos destiny is also the end of the documentary. At some points the teasing of Gene’s upcoming demise seems somewhat perverted by the film makers, but the ending still shocks you.