WWW or AWW?

World Wide Web or America Wide Web? Everyone is curious, anxious and furious!

Right from early 1970s (the birth of internet, or then called ARPANET) internet was controlled by the Americans, to be precise ICANN, a California-based group called the Internet Cooperation for Assigned Names and Numbers. This private company was set up by the US Department of Commerce to oversee the domain name and addressing systems, such as country domain suffixes. It manages how net browsers and e-mail programs direct traffic. ICANN was to gain its independence from the Department of Commerce by September 2006. But in July 05 the US said it would "maintain its historic role in authorising changes or modifications to the authoritative root zone file."

The world is not the same as it was in 1970. Things have changed, people have changed and technology has changed. Now some countries have more internet bandwidth than US. Many countries are way ahead of US in internet penetration. So everyone wants the ruling body, if any, represented by the whole world, with a global presence. And 'Uncle Sam' is a bit reluctant in giving away his monopoly. Will the world agree to it? Let us see..

For more info, visit:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4327928.stm
http://www.internetvalley.com/archives/mirrors/davemarsh-timeline-1.htm
http://www.w3.org/People/howcome/p/telektronikk-4-93/Dybvik_P_E.html

See some comments on internet and blogging:
"The Internet has expanded my horizon and deepened my communication with others. In the realm of the Internet, I dream to fly higher. "

"By writing web-blogs, netizens have shifted from passive receptors to active producers."