[governance] Hamadoun Touré Op-Ed in Wired +

[Jean-Louis FULLSACK]

 Dear Michel and Baudouin I agree wiith both your comments. Let me add my personal one for complementing them. Best regards and wishes for a successful IGF. I mean an IGF that (also) addresses DC’s actual needs. Jean-Louis Fullsack M. Touré said : Message du 08/11/12 16:23
> De : "Baudouin Schombe" 
> A : governance at lists.igcaucus.org, "michael gurstein" 
> Copie à : "McTim" 
> Objet : Re: [governance] Hamadoun Touré Op-Ed in Wired +
> 
> I appreciate rightly this appreciation of Michael and I ask myself the question of what are beneficially precoccupations that will be discussed during this high mass? While we seek to make digital technology more profitable and beneficial, we find the money to spend because we are at the end of the year and somewhere there was money that has not yet been spend and must justify its use.> Baudouin
> 
>2012/11/8 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 
> 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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