The following newsbit was published on 10/28 by Tipworld: Web domain registrations soar Network Solutions (NSOL) said it added 1.3 million new Internet domain names in the third quarter of the year. The company said that's a gain of 160 percent from a year ago. At the end of September, Network Solutions said its cumulative total of Net registrations was over 6.5 million. Research from NPD Online recently reported almost half of Net users are expected to have personal Web sites by spring. Hobbies were the most frequently mentioned reason for having a Web page. One fourth of those surveyed already do, 30 percent plan to get one. The NPD survey was conducted in September and included 2,061 members of its online survey panel. Note: ". . . almost half of Net users are expected to have personal Web sites by spring". What voice will they have in ICANN except to elect an At Large Council that selects members to the board? Given the current membership structure, what is the incentive for these individuals to join ICANN? ............................................................................ Ellen Rony ____ The Domain Name Handbook Co-author ^..^ )6 http://www.domainhandbook.com +1 (415) 435-5010 (oo) -^-- ISBN 0879305150 Tiburon, CA W W [EMAIL PROTECTED] DOT COM is the Pig Latin of the Information Age ............................................................................
