Try to match the quotes up with the actions. Postel gave no prior notification that the test would take place, a fact that drew criticism. "It's caused a good deal of uncertainty and perceived instability in the system," said Chris Clough, a spokesman for Network Solutions, which operates under a contract with the National Science Foundation. "It's a concern about who can authorize changes over the infrastructure and traffic patterns of the Internet." - Associated Press, February 4 1998 "We're very concerned," Becky Burr, administrator with the Commerce Department, said Tuesday. "This was undertaken without consultation with the United States government." People trying to visit the popular Internic directory which checks the availability of a new Web address are unexpectedly being swept automatically instead to the home page for Network Solutions Inc., which offers to register Internet addresses with the com, net or org suffixes for $119. - Associated Press, March 24 1999 NSI, naturally, has a different point of view. "The registry information is our proprietary information." says NSI spokesman Chris Clough. "We've been providing it free to the community, but under the contract, all of the intellectual property gathered through the InterNIC process is our proprietary information." - ABC News, March 7 1999