[governance] USG on ICANN - no movement here

[McTim]

On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 8:31 AM, John Levine <icggov at johnlevine.com> wrote:
> Hi.  I'm back.
>
>>Or what about an ICANN MOU with the UN as a first step? That appeals
>>to me as something that might get traction at both ends and we could
>>support.
>
> Hmmn.  How would that be different in practice from handing it to the
> ITU?  I don't think the ITU is particularly evil, but I also don't
> think that it would be likely to do a good job overseeing the
> Internet.  The chances of something really bad happening would be much
> higher, e.g., a bunch of small countries gang up and demand that each
> country gets the same number of IP addresses, or something else that
> has superficial political appeal but would be technically disastrous.

not to mention not physically possible, as countries don't "get" IP
addresses, organisations do.

While it's true that these organisations might have offices in one
country, they can, and do, use those IPs to number devices in many
countries.

The understanding of this was missing in WSIS.

In general, I am in agreement with your sentiments.

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
mctim.blogspot.com
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