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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple>I find her perspective not strange. Its sexy to think market forces will keep service providers honest but history has shown this is not always the case.<br/><br/>The stats on Mexico, I find interesting and wonder if anyone has similar figs for their country/region. <br/> <br/>As the US faces its challenges to increase ict access at cheaper rates so every citizen can engage, every nation has to decide and act on what's critical to their survival.<br/><br/>I'll close by saying the idea of capitalism left in the hands of private sector and govt getting out of the way of progress leaves much to be desired. I firmly believe any truly developed society must be based on a tri-sector platform ensuring adequate checks and balance for all concerned.<br/><div>Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone from Etisalat. Enjoy high speed mobile broadband on any of our Easyblaze plans. Visit www.etisalat.com.ng for details.</div><hr/><div><b>From: </b> "michael gurstein" <gurstein@gmail.com>
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</div><div><b>Date: </b>Mon, 27 May 2013 12:53:23 +0300</div><div><b>To: </b><governance@lists.igcaucus.org></div><div><b>ReplyTo: </b> governance@lists.igcaucus.org,"michael gurstein" <gurstein@gmail.com>
</div><div><b>Subject: </b>[governance] NET NEUTRALITY AND MORE</div><div><br/></div><div class=WordSection1><p>If you were going to look for ground zero in the fight against a rapidly consolidating telecom and cable industry, you might end up on the fifth floor of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Susan Crawford, a professor at the school, has written a book, “Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age,” that offers a calm but chilling state-of-play on the information age in the United States. She is on a permanent campaign, speaking at schools, conferences and companies — she was at Google last week — and in front of Congress, asserting that the status quo has been great for providers but an expensive mess for everyone else.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Ms. Crawford argues that the airwaves, the cable systems and even access to the Internet itself have been overtaken by monopolists who resist innovation and chronically overcharge consumers. <br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/20/business/media/telecoms-big-players-hold-back-the-future.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130520&_r=0"><span style='color:black'>http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/20/business/media/telecoms-big-players-hold-back-the-future.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130520&_r=0</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>