Re: [IFWP] Fwd: Re: Power Politics and the New Internet Order

[sthaug]

> > Maybe for the vast majority of commercial and non-commercial organizations
> > *in the US*. Outside the US, no. In other words, .com, .org., .net is *not*
> > equivalent to the whole domain name space.
> 
> Well, maybe in Norway the majority of companies and organizations
> use the ccTLD, but that's not necessarily true globally. .com.
> .org., and .net are not US domains. They're global TLDs. Let's not
> forget that, okay?

Let's look at some numbers, e.g. www.domainstats.com. Feel free to
disagree with the numbers, but then I expect you to come up with some
more believable ones.

When I looked just now (last update 2. April 7:24:44 PM, according to
the web page), I find:

Total domains:          5,334,511
.com domains:           3,008,941
ccTLD domains:          1,730,968

Note that the ccTLD domains in this list only include countries with
more than 10000 domains registered.

I'd say the ccTLD domains are thriving, and any statement that ".com,
.org., .net are equivalent to the whole domain name space" has no basis
in reality.

For another confirmation of this, have a look at the RIPE host count
(http://www.ripe.net/statistics/hostcount/index.html) and the strong
yearly growth in number of domains.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, [EMAIL PROTECTED]