Only 38% of respondents to our survey approve of transferring control of the internet and domain name system to an international body.
[Editors note: this is the ninth in a series of posts with results from the 2006 Domain Name Wire survey. The complete results of the survey will be posted soon.]
Even though 83% of respondents to the 2006 Domain Name Wire Survey were from outside the US, only 38% thought it a good idea to transfer control of the internet to an international body. ICANN is chartered by the US with responsibility for the international internet. If you are unfamiliar with this issue and the fight to take control away from the US, read these previous posts.
Domainers that own more than 1,000 domains are even more opposed to transferring power. Only 24% of these major players approve. This suggests that the domain name industry values the stability of the existing environment. People think a transfer of control to an international body will slow innovation to the pace of a turtle (witness the United Nations). Others worry about giving China any say in how the internet is operated.
Regarding “Survey: Do not hand control of internet to international body ”
Hi,
I read your articles with interest: I think you have a good site here.
HOWEVER, I don’t believe there is a single person outwith the US who believes the control of the internet shouldn’t be transferred to an international body. I certainly haven’t met anyone who doesn’t but then I don’t live in the States. Just who do you think you are?
Again, you have a great site but you are also in danger of alienating your foreign visitors. I read your stats but I just don’t believe them. Sorry. After all, it’s not just the Chinese who have been known to tell a fib or two.
Regards,
Mike Flynn.
It’s a bold statement to say not a single person outside the US doesn’t believe control should be transferred to an international body. I personally know several people who agree that it should NOT be transferred. I’m sorry you don’t believe the stats, but they really speak for themselves.
Interestingly, it as actually the newbies and smaller domain owners that are more in favor of handing off control. 44% of those that own fewer than 50 domains think it’s a good idea, while about 25% of those that own >1,000 domains think it’s a good idea.
I want to reiterate that only 17% of those that took the survey are from inside the US. The other 83% are from other countries.
Well, rather the US than, say, Iran I suppose! I have a good experience of American companies. Someday soon you’ll have to get off that high horse though.
Cheers.
Oops, and I didn’t mean to question your integrity. Anyway, good luck with that control.
Mike, if another country currently had control I’d be fine with them retaining it. Even though there are some problems, I don’t think the system is broken…but it could become broken if suddenly 20 countries try to get their hands on it.
Fair point. Though smacks of “it’s our ball and if we don’t get the stripy shirts we’re not playing”.
Just watch out for other countries banding together with ‘another’ internet. And the subsequent drop in the value of .com’s.
The net is a global thing and should be run globally. Simple as that.