Gunni: Most established website operators are not going to change domain names, especially if they have a prime .com. That's how the registry's can exert monopoly pricing power, due to that inertia. See:
http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/.../msg02797.html
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This would be classic monopolist behavior; the monopolist charges competitive rates in the area in which it has competition (i.e. new registrations) and adopts monopolistic pricing in the area in which it has locked in customers (i.e., renewals).
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