Competition is making internet addresses affordable

This is the effect of growing competition among companies registering web domains. The majority of Polish domains belong to companies and institutions and there are comparatively few private addresses due to costs. Now this is beginning to change, as Polish companies registering web domains have decreased their prices. The biggest of the companies, home.pl, charges zł.8 for registration of the cheapest sort of domain. One of its biggest rivals, NetArt, has begun registering domains from zł.0.99, thus price will no longer be a barrier for many individuals and small companies. The falling prices and increasing number of internet addresses are the result of changes in policy by the National Domain Registration Office (NASK). NASK is now focusing on the wholesale of addresses and is leaving registration to its partners. (Rzeczpospolita, November 4-5, p. B3) M.M.