Overseers Widen World Wide Web
Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers, the Marina del Rey, Calif.-based nonprofit company charged with coordinating the Internet’s system of unique identifiers, like domain names, in late June approved plans to infinitely expand the number of available addresses.
Posted: Monday, September 22, 2008, 7:32 p.m., EDT
Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers, the Marina del Rey, Calif.-based nonprofit company charged with coordinating the Internet’s system of unique identifiers, like domain names, in late June approved plans to infinitely expand the number of available addresses. The proposal would allow applicants to choose any top-level domain name -- currently limited to 21 variants such as .com, .org and .edu -- and to use anything as their top-level domain name -- for example, .pond, .koi or .lotus. Pending approval of a final plan, the group expects to receive applications for the new names available in the second quarter of 2009.
Initial application fees might approach $100,000 according to some published reports. Winning bidders would gain control of the entire top level domain name, not just a specific URL.
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