There is no technical requirement that the Internet’s only root server be the A server in Virginia.
To use a different root server, an ISP merely edits a couple of lines of in-house computer code. This change allows the ISP’s subscribers to browse all of ORSC’s Web locations, including “.cars,” “.family” and others. Yet the same browsers will still work with all of ICANN’s TLDs, such as “.com,” “.net” and “.org.”
The switch can even be made by individuals on their personal computers, regardless of the ISP they use. The process is described in a document by the SuperRoot Consortium, a group that supports the ORSC.
ICANN is in a self-imposed “quiet period” while it evaluates the proposals it received for new TLDs and won’t comment on those proposals or ORSC’s.
A switch to an alternative Internet? - CNET News
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