[governance] IGF relevance?

[Fouad Bajwa]

Sorry Milton you also made me laugh as I have never said or indicated FCC rulings to have represented my understanding of NN so let's get that straight. As for EU, I don't agree to silo based eu or coe based approaches. This approach to sideline people to certain ruling systems in a particular domain just because they are being discussed is not a good approach Milton and I wasn't expecting this.

 What will happen in Pakistan will happen and what is required of in global for as like IGF will also happen and I don't think I need anyone to point out what's need to be done inPakistan. At least we don't try to strangle the opportunity that the net gives our nation's people despite we do have harsh regulations and there is some deregulation needed.

It's interesting to in our local environment that local companies listen to the citizen and we are the only country in the region that gives free Internet to every citizen with a landline phone. Usually its the Foreign companies that come in and try to dictate, not locals. We are aware....Sir!

Fouad Bajwa
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On 17 Apr 2011, at 01:38 AM, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:

> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> That is my feeling too. Everything seems to stop with EU and US centric
>> NN discussions and debates. The rest of the world can sit quietly and
>> wait while everything is okay on that side and the rules are set for the
>> rest to follow.
> 
> [Milton L Mueller] 
> 
> Hah. You make me laugh, Parminder and Fouad. 
> 
> First, everything is NOT all right with NN in the US, far from it, the FCC's rules are almost certain to be overturned either by the courts or by congress. As for the EU, I do not know how things will come out. 
> 
> And that relates to my point, which was being misconstrued by Parminder as indifference. The point is that NN is driven by _local_ politics, by national regulators, legislatures, business interests and advocacy groups. Those vary from country to country. 
> 
>> The developed perspective usually is that what they say is what is
>> authority over any other discussion and I cannot buy that.
> 
> [Milton L Mueller] 
> 
> That's the opposite of what I am saying. You want NN in Pakistan? Start organizing in Pakistan. Sure, you can learn from experience in many other countries, including both BRICS and OECDs, but if you want to make policy it will have to be local. 
> 
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> 
> 
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