A work item?

 In your previous mail you wrote:

   Despite the stated technical merits of a single root,

=> the merits are not only technical, the Internet simply
doesn't work with an incoherent root zone.

   I think one needs to reflect on the implications that 
   a few of the world's largest ISPs appear to have made 

=> the I for these ISPs no more stands for Internet.

   a business decision to use a superset of the ICANN/US 
   Department of Commerce's root zone.
   
=> the survival of the Internet should not be a tool in
a battle against ICANN/US DoC...

   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 don't believe these numbers. New.net is a player in this
silly game and is biased.

   If this percentage continues to grow, ICANN's ability to 
   control what goes into the DNS would seem to be constrained.
   
=> as a French-speaker I have still troubles with the word control
(French meaning is subtlely different)... So what is control
in your statement?

   International Telecommunication Union <http://www.itu.int>

=> what about a parallel phone numbering system? (:-)

Regards

Francis.Dupont at enst-bretagne.fr

PS: about the deep question: there is not enough free time
to enter in these silly games.