Since its creation in 1998 to handle Net addresses, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has pledged to focus on technical matters, but finds those decisions inevitably affect online users more broadly.
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Postel also decided who would run the Internet's " nameservers, " which connect users to the sites they are looking for, and how'Net addresses would be apportioned to governments, companies, universities, organizations, and even individuals.
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Hu spoke briefly to The Associated Press following a panel discussion on the use of non-English letters in Internet addresses at a meeting of the Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, known as ICANN, the organization that oversees Net addresses.
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The company struck a deal with the oversight organization, the Internet Corp . for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, last year that extended VeriSign's control over . com and . net addresses in exchange for relinquishing the . org designation.
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Greece, with a population of 10.2 million, has more than half-a-dozen private internet providers, more than 25, 000 users and more than 13, 000 registered domains, or net addresses characterized by the three-letter initials that signify the type of organization attached to them.
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Plus, the . com database _ the one VeriSign will likely retain for years _ is by far the most lucrative, with 21.2 million names . ( By contrast, there are 4.3 million . net addresses, and 2.5 million . org addresses .)
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Greece, with a population of 10 . 2 million, has more than half-a-dozen private internet providers, more than 25, 000 users and more than 13, 000 registered domains, or net addresses characterized by the three-letter initials that signify the type of organization attached to them.
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At Will Wiegman replies to a ping for 129CBRider and does not object to 129CBRider's use of the willwiegman @ earthlink . net address, substantiating the case that he is actively using two Wikipedia accounts . talk ) 23 : 13, 16 May 2015 ( UTC)
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Many subscribers have blasted the move as a triumph of corporate vanity over customer convenience, questioning why Comcast can't simply keep the existing attbi . com domain, forward e-mails to customers given new comcast . net addresses, and use comcast . net for new customers signing up.
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Plus, the . com database _ the one VeriSign will likely retain for years _ is by far the most lucrative, with 21 . 2 million names . ( By contrast, there are 4 . 3 million . net addresses, and 2 . 5 million . org addresses .)
