"By October 1, NSI is predicted to have two million registrations, signed
on at
a rate of 4,000 per day, at a fee of $70 each. Gross revenues in 1997 were $45
million" Clough said. 

President Clinton's Internet adviser said today industry leaders and policy 
makers were close to a deal on a U.S. plan to reform the Net's domain name
system and make it more competitive. 
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,24591,00.html

Also 

The United States' Internet pointman said today that industry leaders and
policymakers are close to consensus on a plan to phase out the US government's
management and bring competition to the domain name system.
http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/13983.html


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