RE: Japan's NTT Com To Buy Verio

["Roeland Meyer (E-mail)" <rmeyer () mhsc com>]

In reality, ICANN has had very little impact on the big-8 providers. They are not even the first to span RIRs. However, 
I do find it interesting that the reporter found it significant to count the domain names under Verio, as if they were 
assets. Since the name belongs to the registrant and not necessarily to Verio, they are not assets of Verio. Granted, 
it does indicate the amount of bandwidth Verio is responsible for.

> David Lesher: Monday, May 08, 2000 8:30 AM

> Unnamed Administration sources reported that Rodney L Caston said:
> > not much, NTT and verio have had a 'close' relationship for 
> a long time..

> Well, I was actually think of the overseas ownership, and ICANNish 
> aspects...