ICANN wants to control the pie top down, network fashion. Cerf with bell headed view of large legacy network vertically integrated MCI World Com infrastructure wants to found internet growth on a single regulatory control oriented model known as ICANN. Cer f 's employer is one of the huge companies intent on expanding market share of their global networks at the cost of diversity and continued scaling of the internet to be found in the concept of Internetworking. Co author of internet protocol never came to understand that internet is based on the inter networking of different networks and different business models connected at layer three. Sept 16 GIP press release http://www.gip.org/pr19990916a.htm: "The GIP is firm in its commitment to support a transparent, participatory process -- and ICANN is working hard to provide that. In fact I see no other existing, viable alternative," said Vint Cerf, Senior Vice President at MCI Worldcom. "Organizations whose business plans rely on the smooth functioning and continued growth of Internet can assure stable administrative management of Internet domain and address space by providing interim financial support to ICANN, which needs at least another $1 million in funds until an agreed financial support framework can be established," he added. **************************************************************** The COOK Report on Internet Index to seven years of the COOK Report 431 Greenway Ave, Ewing, NJ 08618 USA http://cookreport.com (609) 882-2572 (phone & fax) ICANN: The Internet's Oversight Board - [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW - Incompetence or Duplicity? ICANN and it Allies' Stealth Agenda http://cookreport.com/isoccontrol.shtml ****************************************************************
