<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Dominique Lacroix <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dl@panamo.eu" target="_blank">dl@panamo.eu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Le 26/08/12 07:18, David Conrad a
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<blockquote type="cite">[...] Personally, I've always found it somewhat
depressing that people in forums such as this focus on stuff like
what TLDs will be created or who has the power to deny those TLDs
when the _real_ "critical Internet resources" are things like
fibers and base stations and electricity and environments that
allow folks to interconnect their devices and networks together.
None of these are in ICANN's purview, but I guess it is a lot
easier for folks to throw rocks at ICANN and/or the USG than deal
with the policies and infrastructures in their own countries.</blockquote></div></blockquote><div>Hi David, please allow me to offer a slightly different perspective primarily as one who is from a region where infrastructure is a challenge. I respectfully disagree with your comment about people not wanting to deal with policies and infrastructures in their own countries and would rather throw stones at ICANN. The tLD market also affects us in the Pacific.</div>
<div><br></div><div> I would not be surprised that this is a view commonly held by many as the issues and complexities of small island developing states are not rarely known because it is often seen as insignificant in the grand scheme of things. [The good news is that only recently within the IGF is there opportunity for LDCs, SIDS to share their challenges and also learn from others in the process.] </div>
<div><br></div><div>There are islands such as Christmas Is in Kiribati where in order to have repairs done on base stations need to fly to Fiji before they fly to Tarawa [capital of Kiribati] before they fly to Tarawa to pick up supplies. Barriers of trade include excessive transportation costs from high petroleum costs etc. For quite along while I have been liaising with Vendors to ask about energy efficient base stations because much of the OPEX for most telcos in the region is spent on petroleum etc but have often been told that the more energy efficient base stations and components are expensive than the regular ones. </div>
<div><br></div><div>The recent Pacific Broadband Forum which was facilitated by the ITU gave us the opportunity to hear first hand from countries in the Pacific and this included the Private Sector and Government. There were a quite a few people from the Pacific ISOC Chapter, myself included. Believe me when I say that we in the Pacific are doing something about it and we are committed to ensuring that the digital divide is conquered.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Whilst the Pacific comprises of 22 countries and territories, 16 or which are independent nation states, at least 1 country and 2 territories derive a significant portion of their GDP from .tv, .nu and now .tk. Tuvalu the holder of .tv is a country that is sinking and its neighbouring country, Kiribati is also sinking because of impact of climate change etc. </div>
<div><br></div><div>As you can imagine most countries still do not have internet exchange points because you need a minimum of three at least to start peering. Whilst World Bank and others are laying global submarine cables in Tonga for instance, wholesale transit costs are still high which is of course passed down to ISPs and the consumer inevitably. A lot of the issues on the WCIT 12 Agenda as Dominique mentioned deal with some of these matters. There are certain things which they can do within their jurisdictions but there are other layers that need discussion with countries.</div>
<div><br></div><div>For the record, if we were anti-ICANN we would not participate in the ICANN processes. Development requires collaboration amongst all stakeholders.</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<small><small><font size="+2"><small><small>That's exactly why
WCIT-12 in Dubai has to deal with some Internet matters.</small></small></font></small>
Not all, but it's part.<br>
Thanks David.<span><font color="#888888"><br>
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@+, Dominique<br>
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