Uncle Stef, What is this "choice" crap??? Internet users, like my father and your daughter, for example, have no idea what the DNS is and even less of an idea of how to hack their computer to accept "alternative roots" for the sake of offering choice. My Mac has this nice thing called a "Setup Assistant". The PC probably has something similar. But it never asks me if I want to use non-official domain names. (nor should it). This is a fantasy you guys have invented in the name of policical choice, technically it's completely silly, flakey and just plain dumb. Get real! Please. Ole Ole J. Jacobsen Editor and Publisher The Internet Protocol Journal Office of the CTO, Cisco Systems Tel: +1 408-527-8972 GSM: +1 415-370-4628 E-mail: ole@cisco.com URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj