[governance] importance of having your own domain name

[Norbert Bollow]

Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net> wrote:

> Now, if someone is in poverty and needs access to ICT, what is the
> incremental value provided to him or her by a domain name?

I don't claim to know a lot about this kind of situation. I try
to imagine the situation of someone whose Internet use might be
primarily by means of an email address of their own, accessed perhaps
through a cheap cell phone or in some way that does not actually
presuppose ownership of any communication device (for example through a
friend's cell phone, or through a public telecentre of some kind, etc.)

If we had a situation in which when you get your first email address,
you automatically get a domain name of your own to go along with it at
no extra charge, the poor person will be able to change email service
providers without the email address actually changing.

I think that is a very significant benefit if for example the
service quality of an email service provider deteriorates, or the price
is hiked.

Greetings,
Norbert

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