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Shaw, Robert
Robert.Shaw at itu.int
Fri Mar 16 14:19:55 CET 2001
> Despite the stated technical merits of a single root, > I think one needs to reflect on the implications that > a few of the world's largest ISPs appear to have made > a business decision to use a superset of the ICANN/US > Department of Commerce's root zone. > > Which big ones? I've never seen any official message about this. See www.new.net/about_us_partners.tp. Earthlink and Netzero have been listed as the US' second and third largest ISPs (according to http://www.ispworld.com/isp/TRI_census.htm). That's not even counting Excite at Home. > > It's claimed that the US had about 100 million Internet > users in December 2000. According to New.net's numbers > (which needs to be confirmed), about 16% of those can now > use their alternative root. > > I've seen various claims by various alternative root operators. None > have been confirmed by independent research as far as I know. New.net claims that 16 million users can resolve their TLDs based on their partnerships with ISPs (like I said, this needs to be confirmed independently). 16 million of 100 million is 16%. Robert -- Robert Shaw <robert.shaw at itu.int> ITU Internet Strategy and Policy Advisor International Telecommunication Union <http://www.itu.int> Place des Nations, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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