Keith, Wednesday, November 27, 2002, 10:05:54 AM, you wrote: >> turn off the new.net "root" servers and see if any press gets written >> about the event. Keith> better yet, change your domain name to use a TLD that isn't served by Keith> one of the ICANN roots, and see how many customers you get. this is the perfect suggestion. if new.net were so sure of the efficacy of their approach, why do they (redundantly) use new.net in the ICANN/IANA root? When THEY rely ONLY on their own contorted scheme, THEN it will be reasonable to expect someone else to. d/ -- Dave Crocker <mailto:dhc2@dcrocker.net> TribalWise <http://www.tribalwise.com> t +1.408.246.8253; f +1.408.850.1850