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

[Carlos A. Afonso]

Well, I read this a bit differently (although I would have to read the
entire declaration to be sure). For one, ministers in most democracies
are not occupying their posts because they have doctoral degrees on the
issues of their ministries -- they are basically proeminent politicians
of the governing coalition with some knowledge of the issues (in rare
cases, qualified professionals on the issues), and ministries are
basically run by their high level staff.

Secondly, my impression is that he wished to stress the fact that most
traffic depends in one way of another on backbones which interconnect
via developed countries (particularly the USA) and he is not wrong in
this case in defending alternative ways to interconnect Southern
countries -- the fact he mixed oranges with bananas does not invalidate
this fact. And this is 2012, not 2002/2003...

frt rgds

--c.a.

On 08/02/2012 02:19 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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