[governance] Vint Cerf OpEd in the New York Times: "Keep the Internet Open"
Adam Peake
ajp at glocom.ac.jp
Fri May 25 09:07:45 EDT 2012
Rumors are the main problem, when there's a lack
of information lobbying is of course effective.
The ITU gave a briefing on WCIT during the WSIS
reviews in Geneva last week. ITU Secretariat
emphasized they wanted to be as open and
transparent as possible. A couple of sector
members asked if they could share the information
they had access to with their members, if I
remember correctly the answer from the
Secretariat was ask the ITU Council. Requests
for information were stonewalled. The
presentation did not give any information about
the substance of what was being discussed (your
email, a couple of sentences, is more
informative), but somewhat bizarrely it did
mention summary documents of the regional
preparatory meetings and submissions to date had
been prepared. At least two people asked if
those documents could be made public, and the
answer was a negative non-committal. What was
the point of mentioning the existence of the
documents?
Sérgio, governments that care about the ITRs
might do well to make sure information is made
available, or the ITRs are likely to end up in
the same place as ACTA, SOPA, and PIPA, etc.
Look at ACTA, treaties don't seem to be quite as
certain as they recently were.
Of course the U.S. wants to make the ITRs as
ineffectual as possible, and the lack of
information from others makes their lobbying all
the more effective.
Best,
Adam
>WCIT has nothing to do with expanding ITU's
> mandate on the internet. Any proposal in
>this sense is stillborn.
>
>This OpEd adds zero to the ITRs debate. This is
>the kind of American strategy that is killing
>the conference.
>
>The real topics are international connectivity,
>accounting rules, finances. Brazilian proposals,
>for instance, are focused on increasing
>transparency and lowering international roaming
>rates (topics that many, including US, don't
>agree to negotiate either).
>
>The only thing I agree in the text is that civil
>society is kept unfairly out the debate. Were SC
>in, there wouldn't be so many nonsense rumors
>like this.
>
>Abraços,
>Sérgio Alves Jr
>
>Em 25/05/2012 09:16, "Adam Peake"
><<mailto:ajp at glocom.ac.jp>ajp at glocom.ac.jp>
>escreveu:
>
>Hamadoun Toure, May 1 speaking about WCIT:
>"There are many important issues that may be
>addressed at WCIT, but I would like to focus on
>one broader issue in particular: how do we
>ensure sufficient investment in broadband
>network infrastructure?"
>and
>"And, the current ITRs are not properly equipped
>to deal with this challenge either, which raises
>the question of how all this new infrastructure
>will be paid for?"
>and
>"Everyone wants mobile broadband and the
>benefits it will bring. But few seem willing to
>pay for it -- including both the over-the-top
>players, who are generating vast new demand
>through their applications, and consumers, who
>have become accustomed to unlimited packages."
><<http://www.itu.int/en/osg/speeches/Pages/2012-05-01.aspx>http://www.itu.int/en/osg/speeches/Pages/2012-05-01.aspx>
>
>Hello Google, enter Vint :-)
>
>Adam
>
>
>
>Dear friends and colleagues,
>
>I thought you would appreciate knowing that an OpEd by Vint Cerf as
>above titled was printed today in the New York Times (and I believe
>the IHT).
>
><http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/25/opinion/keep-the-internet-open.html?_r=1>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/25/opinion/keep-the-internet-open.html?_r=1
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>Nick Ashton-Hart
>Geneva Representative
>Computer & Communications Industry Association
>Tel: <tel:%2B41%20%2822%29%20362%2002%2038>+41 (22) 362 02 38
>Fax: : <tel:%2B41%20%2822%29%20594-85-44>+41 (22) 594-85-44
>Mobile: <tel:%2B41%2079%20595%205468>+41 79 595 5468
>
>Sent from my iPad, please excuse typos
>
>
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