[155264] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: US House to ITU: Hands off the Internet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Curran)
Fri Aug 3 16:48:20 2012
From: John Curran <jcurran@arin.net>
To: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 20:47:30 +0000
In-Reply-To: <7FD2C7C4-0635-4FF2-A7A1-51B9B8534729@ianai.net>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Aug 3, 2012, at 2:06 PM, "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net> wrote:
> [Feels operational to me.]
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> <http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/260299/us_house_to_itu_han=
ds_off_the_internet.html>
>=20
> The U.S. House of Representatives voted late Thursday to send a message t=
o the United Nations' International Telecommunication Union that the Intern=
et doesn't need new international regulations. The vote was unanimous: 414-=
0
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> Unanimous? I didn't think this congress could agree the earth is round u=
nanimously.
It is can be useful (particularly during an election year) to make=20
certain that there is no doubt regarding the resolve of government=20
with respect to positions being taken in international negotiations.=20
In this case, I believe that the message is now quite clear...
:-)
/John
John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN
