DOJ Drops Network Solutions Case

The Department of Justice has ended its probe into whether or not Network Solutions, Inc. monopolized the domain name registration market. Beginning in 1997, the DOJ began to probe NSI, while rivals stated that NSI's efforts to add new domain names were not up to par. Earlier this month, a similar probe being conducted in Europe was ended without any actions. Currently, there are more than 100 companies capable of registering domain names for users, including Concentric Network, and PSINet.