[LINK] 30 Million Domains

[George Bray]

Internet comes of age with 30 millionth domain name

New top level domains set to double number of registrations by 2002

http://www.netnames.com/template.cfm?page=press&advert=no&prid=239

London - October 4, 2000 - The number of domain names registered on 
the Internet has passed the 30 million mark for the first time. The 
total number of registrations on October 4, 2000 was 30,272,862.

NetNames, part of the NetBenefit group, is the UK's leading domain 
name registrar. It monitors domain name registrations around the 
world through its DomainStats service ( http://www.domainstats.com ). 
These include both country level domain names such as .uk and 
registered InterNIC domains like .com and .net.

"It has taken the Internet close to a decade to reach 30 million 
domain names. However a combination of massive demand and the opening 
up of domain space means we will probably reach the next 30 million 
within 18 months," said Tom Barrett, CEO of NetNames.

"Recent studies suggest that more than 75 million domain names are 
expected to be registered by the end of 2002, but this can only 
happen once new suffixes are made available to the public. The entire 
Internet industry is therefore waiting with baited breath to hear 
from ICANN - the body which oversees domain name management, which 
domains will be made available,"

The most popular Internet suffix is .com, with over 18 million 
domains. .net has over 3 million domains and .org, 2 million. Despite 
the USA having the greatest number of Internet surfers, few Americans 
make use of the country code .us. .uk, with over 2 million domain 
registrations is the most popular country level domain, closely 
followed by the German .de. Netherlands, Argentina and .it for Italy 
are also popular suffixes.
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George Bray
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