[governance] ITU definition of "telecommunication" and importance of "Best Bits"

[McTim]

On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:

<snip>


>
> Yes, I'm quite aware of this. My suggestion that, contrary to this
> trend, a limiting definition of "telecommunication" should be included
> in the ITRs is because this is the only way that I can see to
>
> (1) avoid continuation of the blatant discrepancy between what the ITRs
> say and today's reality (by removing from the declared scope of
> the ITRs the part of reality to which the provisions of the ITRs are
> not applicable ), and to
>
> (2) prevent the ITU from gradually but continuously increasing its
> power over Internet governance without any real public interest
> representation, and without any real checks and balances.
>


http://inetaria.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/itu-extreme-agendas-v1-2-1.pdf

is a really interesting background piece on these issues.

Thanks, norbert, i like the way you are thinking about this!


-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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