FW: [afnog] Re: Request for input: The Working GrouponInternetGovernance

[americo at imit.kth.se]

I think it would be a pathetic idea for ITU or even Governments to think
that telco's are the best entities to manage Internet. If Telcos finally
realise the importance of Internet, then they should participate just like
any ordinary ISP, perhaps using their immense capital power to gain a
market share under normal comptetition laws.



a./



>     > First I would like to welcome the new members on the list and hope
>     > the stay longer and add their knowledgeable value on other topics
>     > that will be raised in future.
>
> My thoughts too.  I was thinking of letting through some spam to the list
> liven things up :-)
>
>     > Can someone please some how summarise in (kISS-keep It Simple
>     > Stupid) style so that other list members who I noticed have been
>     > silent like myself kind of get the thread.  What are the
>     > Implications to AFRICAN operators if any ?
>
> In my understanding its something like:
>
> 	ITU = MTN + UTL + Other Telcos worldwide
>
> 	ITU is respected by many governments as the "formal global
> 	authority on 'technical' issues"
>
> 	So, I'm just thinking if ITU "recommends" to governments that "the
> 	Internet be managed by telcos" or something along those lines...
> 	let's imagine together what that might or might not mean...
>
> <quote
> http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/tsb-director/itut-wsis/files/zhao-netgov01.pdf>
> 	...in a few places it is still debated whether Internet and IP-based
> 	services should be considered new telecommunication services or not, I
> 	believe, except in a few cases, that it is widely agreed that these
> 	large-scale Internet offerings to the public can no longer be considered
> 	as an academic trial, or an educational network, or a closed private
> 	network/service. Indeed, they are rapidly becoming integrated with other
> 	existing public telecommunication infrastructure to constitute the Next
> 	Generation Network (NGN).
> </quote>
>
> Thats my "loopback" interpretation of these issues as related to Uganda
> :-)
>
>
> Gerald.
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