Reports estimate that the number of expired names withheld by Network Solutions, Inc. is between one and three million. By refusing to release names that should have been returned to the public domain, Network Solutions has unlawfully attempted to maintain the monopoly power they no longer have. By 1995, those networks had generally been known as the Internet. The expiration date has been extended several times by amendment. The amendment provided that NSI should allow existing customers to terminate their agreements and register with other registrars.
Additional registrars enter market.
TLDs on a permanent and firmer footing. This agreement expressly anticipates implementation of policies prohibiting the warehousing or speculation of domain names by registrars. Such warehousing would stifle and restrain competition among the newly accredited competitive registrars. Terms of fixed periods for domain registration . Under specific terms in The Registrar Accreditation Agreement, NSI is required to register domain names for a fixed period.