iTLDs

A few items:

See NSI Fuels Speculation to Go Public at:
http://www.idg.com/idg/news/itnews/October/100796/07.htm

Also, I've been doing some statistical analysis on NSI
registration growth rates.

Averaged over the last twelve months, there is 
approximately a 15% growth rate per month in registrations
done by NSI (they've just passed 600,000 total registrations
mark).

If this growth continues unabated, then by the end of
September 1997, there will be approximately 3.1 million
registrations generating a maximum annual revenue of
US$ 158 million dollars. Furthermore, by the end of the 
NSF cooperative agreement with NSI (September 1998) there 
will be approximately 17 million NSI domain name registrations
which gives a projected annual revenue of US$ 841 million
dollars.

Bob