Re: [wg-c] .com vs. ccTLDs in Europe

["A.M. Rutkowski" <amr@netmagic.com>]

At 02:27 PM 10/20/99 , Dave Crocker wrote:
>Asia.  Now, billboard advertisements that cite a .com address are common 
>in Bangkok, Borneo, Hong Kong, Brussels, London, Milan, ...

Jon,

Billboard advertisement recollections summed up in the
word "common," from the travels of a single person to a
few major cities are generally not regarded as
authoritative determinations.

Even if there were some arbitrarily larger number of
such advertisements, it would most likely reflect the
advertising campaigns of a few large transnational
corporations rather than the actual local Internet
usage.

If you want actual local usage indicators, the domain
host counts of Mark Lottor and RIPE have long been regarded
as authoritative.  That tells you the number of machines
actually "advertised" on the Internet that are attributable
to all accessible domains.