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ITU is worried like hell, because the Internet is a process that escapes the Telcos. The telcos in most of our world are in fact governments and governments/ITU are saying dealing with country names is a thing of national sovereignty. What they most of the time fail to see, is that most registry are willing to hand it over to the governments provided they DO understand the issues, and not use DNS to empower telcos in more exclusive licencing power.> What would be the difference if the ccNSO resulted from an MoU? It > would permit to help/join with ccTLDs, and RIRs, over a far more > interesting ITU-I preparation. I suppose RIRs would not be afraid an > ITU-I would not be here 2 years from now. As someone who is somewhat involved in the policy work of the RIRs, I really, really, really want you to elaborate on this. [Quotes rearranged] > The complexity is that ICANN wants to be two conflicting things >(American and International) and to organize something multinational. > Vint, you will never change that IANA is part of the Internet and > Internet is the current solution of the world for its > datacommunications. So IANA must be involved. ITU is the way govs > cooperate in communications (data, telephone, TV, radio) and where > they have so many mixed interests that they must be cautious (this is > what protects us, the consumers). So ITU must be involved. > > If you are serious about becoming multinational, you must disengage > from the US Gov. But IANA will never lose its US Flag without ITU. ITU > will never develop an acceptable higher layers capacity (ITU-I) before > long, without ICANN, ccTLD etc. > > So, how long will we have to wait for you to ally (and not to try to > swallow) with ccTLDs and to sit down with Mr. Zao, stop WSIS worrying > and permits jointly care about fostering development and innovation. I just fail to see this. What is it with the ITU that will give us a) More openness? How do I as an individual impact the ITU process? b) More effectiveness and a faster adoption rate? c) A better representation of end-user needs?
ITU has been also misleading countries by making them think that DNS issues will be solved at ITU meetings. I have been telling countries that they must attend ICANN meetings and no other one. When this happens, US corporations will have less power over ICANN and things will be better.
on a side note, Vint/ICANN if you are reading this, the Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society will have its annual meeting in September 2004 in Vanuatu. I think it is time you send some outreach people to explain here, what the hell is ICANN and how you manage a DNS. (www.picisoc.org). Vint, wanna come? Port Vila, is a very very nice place...
Cheers
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