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Government Finishes Internet Study -- 7 years late

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the they-started-about-the-same-time-as-slashdot dept.

djp928 writes "A study commisioned by Congress in 1998 to report on internet traffic has finally been published -- 7 years, two presidents, and one internet boom/bust later. Some of their findings include "DNS is good" and "We should probably have some more TLDs""

7 of 444 comments (clear)

  1. Late by WaldoXX · · Score: 0, Redundant

    After 7 Years is late.

    replace with your choice of Government Internet Reseach
    or Slashdot News Stories.

  2. What's a TLD? by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You mean those fake extensions to web domains like www.ihate.tv?

    Sheesh, yeah, maybe they'll encourage everyone to upgrade to 56k modems too, day late and a dollar short, while I post on the Gigabit Internet.

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  3. Another sarcastic comment by Random+Chaos · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Another example of Government In-action

  4. A firm grasp of the obvious. by HerbertLipschitz · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Al Gore should certainly be proud!

  5. Uh, just a thought... by feloneous+cat · · Score: 0, Redundant

    But it is costing us $100 million / DAY with this war in Iraq.

    Frankly, this is probably the CHEAPEST thing Congress has done!

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  6. Re:The results are in: by British · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I swear the magazine "Computer User"(free rag in the twin cities. almost nothing of merit for content) said that in one of their editorials, many moons ago.

    And it was only just a few years ago they finally gave up on their BBS listing.

  7. They found..... by varmittang · · Score: 0, Redundant

    DNS GOOOOD...Spam BAAAAD.

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