What is the organization that maintains the internet?

Answer 1

There isn't one! Believe it or not, the internet is a conglomerate of 'volunteers' across the world. Yes, there are governing bodies in most countries that maintain and track the domain names. Governments in some countries try to restrict or control access. But ISPs provide servers and some connectivity, the government provides some of the DNS servers and connectiviity, Universities provide some of it, as well as various telecommunications companies. Businesses and other organizations provide parts to meet their needs. It really is amazing that it all works!

Answer 2

No one actually owns the Internet

, and no single person or organization controls the Internet in its entirety. More of a concept than an actual tangible entity, the Internet relies on a physical infrastructure that connects networks to other networks. There are many organizations, corporations, governments, schools, private citizens and service providers that all own pieces of the infrastructure, but there is no one body that owns it all. There are, however, organizations that oversee and standardize what happens on the Internet and assign IP addresses and domain names, such as the National Science Foundation, the Internet Engineering Task Force, ICANN, InterNIC and the Internet Architecture Board.

Source: Webopedia.com

Answer 3

The Internet is controlled by no one individual or organization. It is a mesh of systems that inter-operate with each other mutually. Some organizations control some aspects of the Internet (such as IANA controlling the allocation of IP addresses), but no organization can claim total and absolute complete control over the entire Internet.

Answer 4

No single organization controls the entire Internet. Different organizations - both commercial and non-profit - control different aspects of the Internet. For example, there is a network of ISPs (Internet service providers) who carry the Internet traffic, there are organizations that assign IPv4 and IPv6 numbers, organizations that assign domain names, organizations that define different standards, etc.

Answer 5

nobody, but there are servers in every country

Answer 6

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is the organization responsible for coordinating the maintenance and operational stability of the Internet's domain name system (DNS).

Answer 7

No one group controls the Internet.