[governance] Revised version of statement on themes for Nairobi

[Roland Perry]

In message <EEC26B4A-AFA8-49E4-AFE5-F53BBFAF310D at ciroap.org>, at 
09:37:08 on Wed, 26 Jan 2011, Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org> writes

>With the explosion of Internet usage in the developing world mainly 
>occurring on mobile networks, it is particularly important to consider 
>how the ideal of open Internet will apply in the mobile space.  Should 
>different rules apply for mobile and wired Internet networks?

We need an understanding that a "mobile network" is one where the final 
connection to the user is by "mobile phone technology", because from the 
cellsite to the wider Internet might be entirely wires (I include 
optical fibre in the definition of 'wires'). Conversely, some networks 
where the delivery to the premises is by wire, might be connected to the 
Internet by satellite.

In all these cases there is probably an identical "rule": You have a 
monthly bandwidth cap. My wired Internet at home is capped at 50GB a 
month, and at the other extreme my mobile phone allows "unlimited"[1] 
web browsing up to a 25MB a day. I'd be interested to hear from people 
with experience of satellite access, what their typical daily/monthly 
caps might be - or is it completely metered?

On the other hand, these different technologies may all have other 
"rules" like 'No VoIP', which can easily be about protection of legacy 
revenue streams[2] than network capacity (it eats about 1MB a minute, 
perhaps; but much more for a video call).

Leaving aside 'grey downloads' via Bittorrent/P2P for a moment, what 
other protocols have people found being "ruled-out" in their various 
localities?

[1] A particularly inappropriate use of the term. While it may represent 
1,000 emails (not really "web" access is it?) you'll soon use that up 
with Google Maps, let alone YouTube.

[2] And other genuine public policy issues, such as the ability of the 
authorities to do wiretaps, and understanding how to locate a subscriber 
who has called the emergency rescue services.
-- 
Roland Perry
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