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Re: [icann-eu] Interesting slant on things...
- To: Alan Lenton <alan@ibgames.com>
- Subject: Re: [icann-eu] Interesting slant on things...
- From: Marc Schneiders <marc@schneiders.org>
- Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 21:43:55 +0100 (CET)
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On Mon, 20 Nov 2000, at 19:34 [=GMT-0000], Alan Lenton wrote:
>
> BUDGET QUESTIONED
> The budget for the nonprofit agency that oversees the registration of
> Internet addresses, the Internet Corporation Assigned Names and Numbers
> (ICANN), is having trouble collecting $1.35 million from regional operators
> throughout the world, who manage country-specific domain names (for
> example, .uk for the United Kingdom). Before the creation of ICANN by the
> U.S. Commerce Department, the regional operators received naming services
> for free, and some are now threatening to create an alternative Internet
> rather than pay for the support of ICANN's full staff of 10 members.
> (AP/USA Today 20 Nov 2000)
> http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/cti821.htm
Isn't it great in several ways? I think this revolution started in
Guernsey a couple of months back. That is outside Europe, isn't it?
--
Marc Schneiders (rest in header)