[159561] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: De-funding the ITU
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nick Hilliard)
Tue Jan 15 10:39:06 2013
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Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:38:26 +0000
From: Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org>
To: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
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On 14/01/2013 22:42, Owen DeLong wrote:
> Those countries that have done so have largely done so because they
> got lucky with visionary regulators that were motivated more by doing
> right by the country and its citizens rather than maximizing personal
> immediate gains. In many cases, this was the result of a higher level
> official overriding the telecom minister (or equivalent) and opening
> competition over the objections of said telecom minister (or equiv.).
Sorry, but this is nonsense.
> Even in trying to be pro-ITU, you have admitted that ...
This is the problem discussing anything with you: you generate straw men at
such a rate that there's just no point responding.
Nick
