Long-awaited domain application released
After months of wrangling, the nonprofit corporation charged with privatizing administration of the Net's addressing system releases the application for becoming a domain registrar.
After months of wrangling, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, a nonprofit corporation charged with privatizing administration of the Net's addressing system, has released the long-awaited application for becoming a domain registrar.
Posted yesterday, the application finalizes accreditation requirements for companies that wish to compete with Network Solutions. The Herndon, Virginia, company currently has a government-mandated monopoly on the registration of domain names ending in ".com," ".net," and ".org," which grace an estimated three-quarters of Internet addresses.
"The bar is low enough that any college student with $1,000 and a business plan" can be accredited, said Larry Erlich, a partner with Domain Registry, which hopes to become an early registrar. "It is surprising that they've lowered it so that anybody can be in a position to compete with Network Solutions."