[ga] Text of Radio Ad which will start running nationwide on 7/7/2000

["John Palmer" <jp@ADNS.NET>]

Things are about to change on the internet and not for the better.

 

The US government has sanctioned a new organization, ICANN, to be

 

in charge of internet domains and addresses. Rather than making the internet

 

more open, ICANN is restricting domain ownership rights and has sold out

 

to powerful special interest.

 

 

 

There is an alternative. The same characteristics that make the internet

 

able to survive a nuclear strike allow internet users to go around

 

organizations like ICANN and their special interest masters. Alternative

 

domain networks, such as the Open Root Server Consortium, allow you to see

 

ALL of the sites available on the internet, not just the ones that ICANN

 

wants you to see. If you are an Internet provider, you can go around ICANN and

 

make the entire internet available to your users in only 2 minutes. Are

 

you an internet user whose ISP is still using the ICANN-controlled domain

 

name system? A few simple steps is all it takes for you to bypass ICANN and

 

see all of the sites on the internet.

 

 

 

This announcement is sponsored by ADNS, owner and registrar for the

 

top level domains EARTH, USA and Z. ADNS is a proud supporter of

 

the Open Root Server Consortium.

 

 
Do you operate a website? Are you frustrated that your first choice

 

for a domain name was taken? You can now obtain a domain ending in

 

".EARTH", ".USA" or ".Z". To register an EARTH, USA or Z domain and for

 

more information about the ICANN takeover of the internet and what you can do

 

to stop it, visit the ADNS website at WWW.ADNS.NET,

 

thats WWW.ADNS.NET. Don't let ICANN's special interests hijack the

 

internet and remember, ICANN really means YOU CAN'T