[governance] Hamadoun Touré Op-Ed in Wired +

[michael gurstein]

McTim,

I have no idea what the conference is "actually about", but even if it is
only camouflage at least he is raising the issue and I don't see any of the
folks who are semi-hysterical around the WCIT talking about anything even
approaching those issues.

At least in the US where AT&T is trying to do a similar deregulatory number
on the FCC they are willing to pay a reasonable price ($14 Billion for
additional connectivity) to get themselves off the regulatory hook.  What
are the folks who are throwing everything but the kitchen sink at the ITU,
offering (except platitudes about the magical wonders of
"competition"--hardly of much use to subsistence farmers in Bangladesh or
Burkina Faso living on $1 per day)?

M

-----Original Message-----
From: McTim [mailto:dogwallah at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 4:47 PM
To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; michael gurstein
Subject: Re: [governance] Hamadoun Touré Op-Ed in Wired +

On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 12:02 AM, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> With over 90 percent of the world’s people now within reach of mobile 
> phones, the challenge today is bringing internet access to the 
> two-thirds of the world’s population that is still offline. This 
> challenge is compounded by the need to ensure connectivity is affordable
and safe for all.
>
> and then
>
> The conference will chart a globally agreed-upon roadmap that offers 
> future connectivity to all, and ensures sufficient communications 
> capacity to cope with the exponential growth in voice, video, and 
> data. The sole focus of the event is making regulations valuable to 
> all stakeholders, creating a robust pillar to support future growth in
global communications.
>
> and
>
> The conference will address issues that relate to improving online 
> access and connectivity for everyone.
>
> Surely these are appropriate goals for Civil Society as well

spot on Michael.

I for one don't believe that what HT says the conference is about is
actually what the conference is about, do you?



--
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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