[158894] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: btw, the itu imploded
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Woodcock)
Fri Dec 14 15:06:32 2012
From: Bill Woodcock <woody@pch.net>
In-Reply-To: <20121214195137.GA83702@mikea.ath.cx>
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:04:04 -0800
To: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Dec 14, 2012, at 11:51 AM, Mike A <mikea@mikea.ath.cx> wrote:
>=20
> Yep. _Gloriously_! The US walked out, followed by bunchty others.=20
>=20
> =
<http://www.pcworld.com/article/2020469/opponents-say-itu-treaty-threatens=
-internet-freedom.html>
At current count, to the best of my incomplete knowledge, approximately =
85 countries, led by China, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and Cuba, have backed =
the ITU, while approximately 55 countries, led by the OECD countries, =
have backed the Internet. Yes, this is a radical simplification.
The main unfortunate outcome is that the ITU has managed to get Study =
Group 3 approved to try to figure out how to override peering agreements =
with government-imposed settlements. Again, a radical simplification. =
Happy to discuss in more detail if people like. PP23 of =
http://files.wcitleaks.org/public/S12-WCIT12-C-0065!!MSW-E.pdf if you =
want to read it for yourself.
-Bill
