ORSN was primarily started to reduce the over dependence of Europe on the USA and [[ICANN]]. Given that [[ICANN]] was primarily dominated by the USA, so ORSN was formed to avoid a possible Internet shutdown in Europe.<ref>[http://tfl09.blogspot.com/2006/09/orsn-european-open-root-server-network.html tfl09.blogspot.com]</ref> | ORSN was primarily started to reduce the over dependence of Europe on the USA and [[ICANN]]. Given that [[ICANN]] was primarily dominated by the USA, so ORSN was formed to avoid a possible Internet shutdown in Europe.<ref>[http://tfl09.blogspot.com/2006/09/orsn-european-open-root-server-network.html tfl09.blogspot.com]</ref> |