[governance] Fwd: [gnso-dow123] Note from Paul Twomey regarding WHOIS clause in the Affirmation of Responsibilities Re

[McTim]

On 10/5/06, Veni Markovski <veni at veni.com> wrote:
> At 06:15 PM 05.10.2006 '?.'Ъ┬Ж  +0300, McTim wrote:
> >On 10/5/06, Nyangkwe Agien Aaron <nyangkweagien at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>One question to the learned persons of this forum:
> >>  What impact will this new development at ICCAN have on the whole
> >>internet concept in Africa; from the positive and the negative
> >>perspective
> >
> >zero
>
> I am not so sure. It would be good to wait four
> more weeks and find it out in Athens. Many
> African countries used to have issues with the
> MoU. That may change.

well, changing a governments perception isn't going to change the cost
of access or increase internet penetration in Africa.

neither will attending a non-binding forum that has no authority to
change national laws or policies.

If, for examplke, the IGF or ICANN could reduce the Int'l  gateway fee
from 250,000 USD to something sane, then they could have an impact,
but as it stands, I see zero impact.


-- 
Cheers,

McTim
$ whois -h whois.afrinic.net mctim
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