I guess this has yet to reach these conferences. The ADNS people are putting out radio ads. I want to personally offer my thanks to ADNS and John Palmer. This is the right stuff. A copy of the radio ad is attached. regards Joe Baptista http://www.dot.god/ dot.GOD Hostmaster +1 (805) 753-8697 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 12:05:55 -0500 From: John Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ga] Text of Radio Ad which will start running nationwide on 7/7/2000 Things are about to change on the internet and not for the better. The US government has sanctioned a new organization, ICANN, to be in charge of internet domains and addresses. Rather than making the internet more open, ICANN is restricting domain ownership rights and has sold out to powerful special interest. There is an alternative. The same characteristics that make the internet able to survive a nuclear strike allow internet users to go around organizations like ICANN and their special interest masters. Alternative domain networks, such as the Open Root Server Consortium, allow you to see ALL of the sites available on the internet, not just the ones that ICANN wants you to see. If you are an Internet provider, you can go around ICANN and make the entire internet available to your users in only 2 minutes. Are you an internet user whose ISP is still using the ICANN-controlled domain name system? A few simple steps is all it takes for you to bypass ICANN and see all of the sites on the internet. This announcement is sponsored by ADNS, owner and registrar for the top level domains EARTH, USA and Z. ADNS is a proud supporter of the Open Root Server Consortium. Do you operate a website? Are you frustrated that your first choice for a domain name was taken? You can now obtain a domain ending in ".EARTH", ".USA" or ".Z". To register an EARTH, USA or Z domain and for more information about the ICANN takeover of the internet and what you can do to stop it, visit the ADNS website at WWW.ADNS.NET, thats WWW.ADNS.NET. Don't let ICANN's special interests hijack the internet and remember, ICANN really means YOU CAN'T