Deal averts Internet showdown

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/11/16/internet.summit.ap/index.html

"U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce Michael Gallagher said the deal means the United States will leave day-to-day management to the private sector, through a quasi-independent organization called the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN."

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