[governance] IGF-Is Peering a Net Neutrality Issue?

[Alejandro Pisanty]

Tim,

one thing is for sure: governments in Tunis made well sure that they 
collectively stay away from day-to-day matters of the Internet. These are 
best left to knowledgeable people to operate.

The one government representative present in the PrepComs and writing in 
this list is long-time friend Michael Leibrandt. He may be one of the best 
sources as to what was meant by "a new model of which everyone is afraid 
because it is innovative", in the PrepComs, and "enhanced cooperation", 
meant most acutely as the US working more in consort with the EU and a few 
other governments, by the very late hour in which Ambassador Khan's calls 
for greatness of heart finally had the effect of causing agreement on the 
Tunis text.

Yours,

Alejandro Pisanty


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On Mon, 21 Apr 2008, McTim wrote:

> Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:58:44 +0300
> From: McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: governance at lists.cpsr.org, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com>
> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org, Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net>
> Subject: Re: [governance] IGF-Is Peering a Net Neutrality Issue?
> 
> On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 5:19 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
> <suresh at hserus.net> wrote:
>> John Levine wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > On the other hand, I would hope that people who claim to be interested
>> > in Internet governance would make some effort to educate themselves
>> > about the way the Internet works before flying off the handle.
>> >
>>
>>  That would be a bit too difficult for them. Far tougher than simply
>>  demanding a stake in governance, without doing anything at all to earn that
>>  stake, or deserve the trust that'd need to be placed in them if they do get
>>  that stake.
>
> Testify bruddah!! If they got involved in my BUTOC processes more, I
> would think this would lead to greater understanding.  I think there
> is a limerick lurking in that thought, but I'll leave it for now.
>
> In any case, this is an "operational matter", and thus excluded from
> (at least) the process of EC, if not the IGF as a whole;
>
> 69. We further recognize the need for enhanced cooperation in the
> future, to enable governments, on an equal footing, to carry out their
> roles and responsibilities, in international public policy issues
> pertaining to the Internet, but not in the day-to-day technical and
> operational matters, that do not impact on international public policy
> issues.
>
> 77. The IGF would have no oversight function and would not replace
> existing arrangements, mechanisms, institutions or organizations, but
> would involve them and take advantage of their expertise. It would be
> constituted as a neutral, non-duplicative and non-binding process. It
> would have no involvement in day-to-day or technical operations of the
> Internet.
>
>
> -- 
> Cheers,
>
> McTim
> $ whois -h whois.afrinic.net mctim
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