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Re: US House to ITU: Hands off the Internet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com)
Fri Aug 3 17:15:54 2012
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 21:09:30 +0000
From: bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com
To: John Curran <jcurran@arin.net>
In-Reply-To: <19E2449C-7352-4E19-AC2E-00836E379A41@arin.net>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 08:47:30PM +0000, John Curran wrote:
> On Aug 3, 2012, at 2:06 PM, "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net> wrote:
>
> > [Feels operational to me.]
> >
> > <http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/260299/us_house_to_itu_hands_off_the_internet.html>
> >
> > The U.S. House of Representatives voted late Thursday to send a message to the United Nations' International Telecommunication Union that the Internet doesn't need new international regulations. The vote was unanimous: 414-0
> >
> > Unanimous? I didn't think this congress could agree the earth is round unanimously.
>
> It is can be useful (particularly during an election year) to make
> certain that there is no doubt regarding the resolve of government
> with respect to positions being taken in international negotiations.
>
> In this case, I believe that the message is now quite clear...
>
> :-)
> /John
>
> John Curran
> President and CEO
> ARIN
Its just the house.... :) But I suspect Terry & delegation will take note.
/bill
