[governance] India's communications minister - root server misunderstanding (still...)

[Riaz K Tayob]

On a scale of 1 to 10, how does this rate with "you cannot have more 
than 1 root" of the politics of WSIS?


On 2012/08/02 07:19 AM, Adam Peake wrote:
> <http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120729_globally_internet_traffic_passes_through_13_root_servers/#.UBoL2jEe7hU>
> "Globally, Internet Traffic Passes Through 13 Root Servers" (!)
>
>
> Question: Who governs the internet at present?
>
> Sachin Pilot, minister of state for communications and information technology:
>
> "Globally, internet traffic passes through 13 root servers. Nine of
> them are in the US, two each in Japan and Western Europe. These
> servers move the information. I believe India and other countries
> ought to play a much more relevant role in managing traffic flows. The
> internet is a global resource whose governance can't be limited to a
> particular geography."
>
> (Times of India, interview
> <http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-30/edit-page/32924041_1_internet-governance-internet-corporation-root-servers>)
>
> Excellent, we're back in 2002/3.
>
> Adam
>


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