by M. Stuart Lynn, President & CEO, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Introduction

Just imagine. Just imagine if you addressed email to your Aunt Maria and it was delivered to my Uncle Herbert. Just imagine if on Tuesday at noon, your customers were able to reach your website at www.capitol.com and just one hour later when they typed in the same letters they reached another website entirely. Or if it worked correctly when you were in New York, but not in Paris. Just imagine