[governance] IGP Alert: "Net Neutrality as GlobalPrinciple for Internet Governance"

Suresh Ramasubramanian suresh at hserus.net
Sun Nov 11 05:00:45 EST 2007


That, Milton, was not offlist.

But since when has that stopped you spewing poison?  On circleid, or here
for that matter

Who the hell gave you tenure anyway?  Your so-called "project" is a joke,
and your entire strategy is based on the assumption that others will remain
collegial while you can continue to carry on as usual.

	srs

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Milton L Mueller [mailto:mueller at syr.edu]
> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 3:23 PM
> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Lee McKnight
> Subject: RE: [governance] IGP Alert: "Net Neutrality as GlobalPrinciple
> for Internet Governance"
> 
> Off list
> 
> Lee, I am continually amazed by the stupidity of your public
> interventions. Let's agree to part ways vis a vis you and the IGP since
> you clearly have no interest in participating in a group effort.
> 
> The final straw here is not just your disagreement about NN but your
> complete lack of any attempt to even inform, much less include, IGP in
> your Caribbean initiative. It's ok if you are more interested in
> promoting your own small puddle of influence in Jamaica but don't
> pretend to be part of IGP at the same time.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Lee McKnight [mailto:lmcknigh at syr.edu]
> > Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 11:53 AM
> > To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; dan at musicunbound.com;
> narten at us.ibm.com
> > Subject: Re: [governance] IGP Alert: "Net Neutrality as
> GlobalPrinciple
> > for Internet Governance"
> >
> > Thomas,
> >
> > My point exactly, a 'principle' defined by exceptions and nuances in
> the
> > eye of the beholder seems perfect only for theological debates on how
> > many neutral angels can fit on the head of a pin.
> >
> > So it is not really a 'nice principle,' it's a trap set by Google
> > lobbyists all too many of you have fallen into. Again, nothing
> against
> > Google, love that search engine and gmail etc, but their spin-doctors,
> > are well, spin post-docs as I see how well they have spun many of you,
> > including my own esteemed colleagues ; ).
> >
> > I prefer "universal, open, equitable, and flexible access" to quote
> from
> > the Caribbean Internet Governance Policy Framework Draft Version 0.1,
> > October 2007, as a Global Principle.
> >
> > Go to
> > http://ctu.int/ctu/Projects/InternetGovernance/tabid/73/Default.aspx
> if
> > you wish to review the doc or post comments, perhaps explaining to
> > Caribbean governments why they really all would be better off talking
> of
> > network neutrality, when what they mean is universal, open, equitable
> > and flexible access as a shared policy principle for Internet
> > governance.
> >
> > Lee
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Prof. Lee W. McKnight
> > School of Information Studies
> > Syracuse University
> > +1-315-443-6891office
> > +1-315-278-4392 mobile
> > >>> narten at us.ibm.com 11/09/07 9:08 AM >>>
> > > I would only add to this that spam filters are best implemented
> with
> > end
> > > users being given maximum control over their settings.
> >
> > Nice principle, but when ISPs regularly complain > 80% of the email
> > they carry is spam, it costs an ISP $$ to process it and deliver it
> to
> > the "edges", only to be filtered there.
> >
> > Surely one can understand why they find it highly desirable to keep
> it
> > from entering their network in the first place.
> >
> > Thomas
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