[governance] The Gilder Friday Letter #Net Neutrality

[McTim]

Jean-Louis,

On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 9:07 AM, Jean-Louis FULLSACK
<jlfullsack at orange.fr>wrote:

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> Good one, Parminder ! a fully deserved + 1
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> The same smokescreen tactics are used by the WSIS Forum organizers, ITU
> first ! Whereas Africa was given priority for its still missing continental
> network during the WSIS, the 8 WSIS Fora never organized an official
> thematic session focused on this problematic objective. What's more, ITU
> launched on its own the "Connect Africa" Summit in 2007 and its "Global
> Broadband Commission" (with the symbolic support of UNESCO), splendidly
> ignoring the so much touted multistakeholderism ! And after 8 WSIS Fora,
> Africa is still waiting for its Panaftel that ITU and its memberstates
> promised for ... 1998. The "Connect Africa" Summit, ITU and African leaders
> governments all together, committed themselves to complete the continental
> network by 2012 ... But as the (French) joke goes, commitments only engage
> those who believe in them ! That's why in 2013 Africa and its friends
> are still waiting ...
>

The PS has already built this network (still more to be done), but you can
see the excellent progress here:

http://manypossibilities.net/afterfibre/


-- 
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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