The Public-Root acquires a controlling Interest in Planet Communications & Computing Facility, Ltd.

The Public-Root today acquired a controlling interest in Planet Communications & Computing Facility, Ltd. (PCCF). PCCF is a federally incorporated Canadian infrastructure company that provides the Public-Root with Internet Protocol numbers. These numbers support root server operations for a.public-root.net.

In 1992, PCCF organized as an association at the University of Toronto in Toronto Canada. PCCF operated as a private research facility supporting an experimental network dedicated to the distribution of news, email and the enhancement of communications between participating organizations. These facilities supported communications between student news organizations and reporters at various Universities and Colleges across Canada.

The association incorporated in 2003 as a Canadian federal corporation. The corporations sole business is to provide Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) numbers to its subscribers.