<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>(Applause)</div><div><br></div><div>This hobby horse has been ridden long enough, can we please bring the discussion back to internet governance? Please?<br><br>--srs (iPad)</div><div><br>On 15-Apr-2014, at 4:27, George Sadowsky <<a href="mailto:george.sadowsky@gmail.com">george.sadowsky@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252">Mike,<div><br></div><div>Is your point that Internet governance concerns should be expanded to include layer 1 connectivity providers, and all that the subject implies?</div><div><br></div><div>If so, perhaps you could say more rather than just copying an article from the press. If not, then this is off topic.</div><div><br></div><div>George</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Apr 14, 2014, at 4:06 PM, michael gurstein <<a href="mailto:gurstein@gmail.com">gurstein@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div bgcolor="white" lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">From the Financial Times (UK)</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div id="squeeze-content"><div id="inner-content"><h1>The power of the US cable barons must be challenged<o:p></o:p></h1><p class="byline"><span><Untitled attachment 01028.gif></span>By Edward Luce<a href="javascript:void(0)">Author alerts</a><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">No one in Washington seems to have the will to stop industry moguls from tightening their grip on the internet <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span><Untitled attachment 01031.jpg></span><span class="credit">©Matt Kenyon</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p><span class="firstletter">I</span>magine if one company controlled 40 per cent of America’s roads and raised tolls far in excess of inflation. Suppose the roads were potholed. Imagine too that its former chief lobbyist headed the highway sector’s federal regulator. American drivers would not be happy. US internet users ought to be feeling equally worried.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>____________________________________________________________</span><br><span>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:</span><br><span> <a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a></span><br><span>To be removed from the list, visit:</span><br><span> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing">http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>For all other list information and functions, see:</span><br><span> <a href="http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance">http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance</a></span><br><span>To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:</span><br><span> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/">http://www.igcaucus.org/</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>Translate this email: <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate_t">http://translate.google.com/translate_t</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>