Apr 4, 2005 : US Completes Traffic Report

📅 April 4, 2005 - Seven years after Congress' original request, the US government has completed a report on Internet traffic. Lawmakers called for the $1 million federal study, entitled "Signposts in Cyberspace," under a 1998 federal law, the Next Generation Internet Research Act.

Passed near the advent of what became the Internet boom, it instructed the Commerce Department to seek a study about Web addresses and trademarks by the National Research Council and finish the report within nine months. The research council was expected to publish its findings on Thursday.

The past seven years have seen many significant events in Internet technology, including the number of Web addresses increasing from 2.2 million to more than 65 million. Meanwhile, the position of Commerce secretary, the top US official responsible for overseeing the study, has turned over three times.

Some experts, including several who participated, insist that the 283 pages of conclusions are still significant and relevant. However, so much time has passed - especially considering the rapid pace of the Internet - that few people are anticipating the results any more.

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