On Sun, 24 Nov 2002, Joe Baptista wrote: > > where are these statistics from - I cannot believe that more than a few > > percent of the net uses non-USG root. > > It's much more then that Vint. The last poll I conducted on the dns > showed at least 5%. But that was a few years ago. The 30% comes from > various discussions we had concerning new.net. At the time the internet > had about 300 million users - estimated by various sources and new.net > claimed some 80 million users. The bulk of the argument was held on the > opensrs discussion lists hosted by tucows. > > So I have no doubt the estimate of 30% is now very conservative > considering new.net now claims over 156 million users - but i don't know > the user stats for current user population. However I suspect their > market share has grown significantly since the 30% estimates. > > So there you have it - new.net is your competition by market share. the > other alt.roots are peanuts in comparison. Now mind you new.net has > purchased the right to be the navigator of record for those 156 million > users. Unlike the USG root system which does not buy the publics > affections. I don't think any source related to new.net regarding this can be treated as reliable. Do you have independent estimates or some rough data? -- Pekka Savola "Tell me of difficulties surmounted, Netcore Oy not those you stumble over and fall" Systems. Networks. Security. -- Robert Jordan: A Crown of Swords