Edupage, August 30, 2000 NETWORK SOLUTIONS JOINS NEW-DOMAIN EFFORT A consortium of more than 20 domain name registrars, including the largest registrar, Network Solutions, will submit a proposal to ICANN bidding to operate one of the new top-level domain names that ICANN intends to implement. The fact that Network Solutions also operates the .com registry raises some additional questions regarding the proposal. Network Solutions also manages the master domain name list for .com, .org, and .net, as well as the "A" root server, which is the backbone of the Web. Due to Network Solutions' control of the .com registry, all registrars pay Network Solutions $6 for each name registered in .com, .net, or .org, although Network Solutions' registrar should pay its registry the fee also. (Newsbytes, August 28 2000) Joe Baptista The dot.GOD Registry http://www.dot.god/
