Public policies should work to promote the Internet's growth, not stifle it with burdensome regulations. ACEC is to make a report to Congress next April. The issue is a critical one for some 30,000 local jurisdictions throughout the United States, who stand to lose revenue if Internet sales are not taxed. Bricks and mortar retailers also fear they will be placed at an unfair advantage if they are taxed and Internet sales are not. There have been reports the commission is leaning toward some sort of simple flat rate tax for all domestic e-commerce, with Internet businesses being charged with the task of coming up with a plan to implement it.
Passengers can access the Internet while riding using a laptop computer and a wireless modem.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has accredited 12 more domain-name registrars, bringing the number of official registrars to 76. Five of the new companies are in the United States, two are in France and there's one each in Israel, Germany, China, Italy and the United Kingdom. Tonic Domains Corp. says if somebody wants a lasting domain name, it will register them for up to 100 years. Tonic is the official registrar of domain names with the .to extension, for the Kingdom of Tonga. Surviving through Internet purchases underwent a test in China and the results were disappointing.