Hmmm .com not growing?..... ok

This from the International domain news

The number of .com domain names registered worldwide now exceeds
'Internet boom' levels Just when you thought the Internet boom was over,
Virtual Internet, a leading European provider of business web hosting,
has identified the highest level of .com domain name registrations ever.
According to Virtual Internet's figures, which are based upon its global
monitoring tools, there are now 23,795,131 .com domain names registered
around the world, 477,657 more .com names than at the height of
registrations in October 2001.

http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/showarticle.asp?id=1525
 http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/vir073103.cfm


Cheers

Phil Wright

-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Lawrence [mailto:jon§jonlawrence.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 9:20 PM
To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
Subject: RE: [DNS] media release


Maybe, and the .com space has declined in total size over some quarters
in the last few years but that was primarily due to mass deletions of
names that were given away & never renewed.  The release spoke about
registrations declining, of which there is no evidence that I am aware.

As I said below I don't disagree with the thrust of this release, just
the claim that .au is growing while .com isn't.

jon

>-- Original Message --
>Reply-To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
>From: "Sean Finn" <sean&#167;teknol.com.au>
>To: <dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au>
>Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 21:05:59 +1000
>Subject: RE: [DNS] media release
>
>
>could it possible be read that the Percentage of increase is declining?
>
>e.g. 15% growth last year, and 11.5% growth for same period 12 months
>l8r? -Sean.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jon Lawrence [mailto:jon&#167;jonlawrence.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 8:44 PM
>To: dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au
>Subject: RE: [DNS] media release
>
>
>>the changes in naming policy have
>>led to this growth at a time when, in global domain name spaces such
>>as .com, registrations are declining' said auDA CEO, Chris Disspain
>
>Um, .com is declining?  I think not.
>
>According to Snapnames (www.sotd.info), .com registration numbers have
grown
>as follows:
>30/9/02   21,414,179 names
>31/12/02  22,019,903 names
>31/1/03   22,340,052 names
>28/2/03   22,504,244 names
>31/3/03   22,716,330 names
>
>And latest figures (from Name Intelligence (www.dailychanges.com) who
>quote snapnames as a client and I believe are using the same 
>methodology: 5/8/03 23,881,849 names
>
>That's an increase of 2,467,670 names over 10 months which is an 11.5%
>increase.  Note that these are net figures, ie they represent existing 
>names plus new names minus deletions.
>
>I don't disagree at all that auDA has achieved a lot, however that
>claim just ain't true.
>
>jon
>
>
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