S.F. Chron, Mon. I applaud your efforts.
Domain names are only one part of the DNS puzzle.
They are like billboards on the Information Highway. IP Addresses are another key part and IP address allocations are generally controlled by the same people that control domain names. Companies that own the rights to build on that land prosper and those that do not incur extra costs to operate and are often locked out of bids and other business opportunities because they do not have the resources to compete on a level playing field. People can not seem to ever get clear answers. Others claimed that this was an experiment to create a commercial IP address registry for the cable TV industry.