<div><span class="hps">I appreciate</span> <span class="hps">rightly</span> <span class="hps">this</span> <span class="hps">appreciation</span> <span class="hps">of Michael and</span> <span class="hps">I ask myself the</span> <span class="hps">question of what</span> <span class="hps">are</span> <span class="hps">beneficially</span> <span class="hps">precoccupations</span> <span class="hps">that will</span> <span class="hps">be discussed</span> <span class="hps">during this</span> <span class="hps">high mass</span><span>?</span> <span class="hps">While</span> <span class="hps">we seek to</span> <span class="hps">make</span> <span class="hps">digital technology</span> <span class="hps">more profitable and</span> <span class="hps">beneficial</span><span>, we find</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">money to spend</span> <span class="hps">because we are</span> <span class="hps">at the end of</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">year</span> <span class="hps">and somewhere</span> <span class="hps">there was</span> <span class="hps">money</span> <span class="hps">that has not</span> <span class="hps">yet</span> <span class="hps">been</span> <span class="hps">spend</span> <span class="hps">and must</span> <span class="hps">justify its use.</span></div>

<p><span class="hps"></span> </p><div><span class="hps">Baudouin</span></div><div><br><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">2012/11/8 michael gurstein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gurstein@gmail.com" target="_blank">gurstein@gmail.com</a>></span><br>

<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid" class="gmail_quote">McTim,<br>
<br>
I have no idea what the conference is "actually about", but even if it is<br>
only camouflage at least he is raising the issue and I don't see any of the<br>
folks who are semi-hysterical around the WCIT talking about anything even<br>
approaching those issues.<br>
<br>
At least in the US where AT&T is trying to do a similar deregulatory number<br>
on the FCC they are willing to pay a reasonable price ($14 Billion for<br>
additional connectivity) to get themselves off the regulatory hook.  What<br>
are the folks who are throwing everything but the kitchen sink at the ITU,<br>
offering (except platitudes about the magical wonders of<br>
"competition"--hardly of much use to subsistence farmers in Bangladesh or<br>
Burkina Faso living on $1 per day)?<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
M<br>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: McTim [mailto:<a href="mailto:dogwallah@gmail.com">dogwallah@gmail.com</a>]<br>
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 4:47 PM<br>
To: <a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>; michael gurstein<br>
Subject: Re: [governance] Hamadoun Touré Op-Ed in Wired +<br>
<br>
On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 12:02 AM, michael gurstein <<a href="mailto:gurstein@gmail.com">gurstein@gmail.com</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
><br>
> With over 90 percent of the world’s people now within reach of mobile<br>
> phones, the challenge today is bringing internet access to the<br>
> two-thirds of the world’s population that is still offline. This<br>
> challenge is compounded by the need to ensure connectivity is affordable<br>
and safe for all.<br>
><br>
> and then<br>
><br>
> The conference will chart a globally agreed-upon roadmap that offers<br>
> future connectivity to all, and ensures sufficient communications<br>
> capacity to cope with the exponential growth in voice, video, and<br>
> data. The sole focus of the event is making regulations valuable to<br>
> all stakeholders, creating a robust pillar to support future growth in<br>
global communications.<br>
><br>
> and<br>
><br>
> The conference will address issues that relate to improving online<br>
> access and connectivity for everyone.<br>
><br>
> Surely these are appropriate goals for Civil Society as well<br>
<br>
spot on Michael.<br>
<br>
I for one don't believe that what HT says the conference is about is<br>
actually what the conference is about, do you?<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
--<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
McTim<br>
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route<br>
indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel<br>
<br>
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