Internet users have already become accustomed to using ASCII dom...

Internet users have already become accustomed to using ASCII domain names. Why does Afilias think IDN registrations are important?

There has been a strong demand in the ICANN community for supporting an Internet that is not English-only. When the Internet was first developed, it was spearheaded by the US, and since then more and more countries have come online and adopted the Internet in mission-critical communications processes. Because of this, it is now time that the Internet expand with the overall globalization of the world's economy and offer improved solutions to non-English speakers.