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

[Veni Markovski]

At 07:01 PM 05.10.2006 '?.'  +0300, McTim wrote:
>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 </x-flowed>

Actually the cost of access may change, if the 
governments change their policies. This has 
happened in other developing countries. The IGF 
is a place where this can be discussed.



Sincerely,
Veni Markovski
http://www.veni.com

check also my blog:
http://blog.veni.com


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