[82193] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: icc to itu: fix the analog divide before venturing digital
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com)
Fri Jul 8 16:17:41 2005
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 15:39:53 +0000
From: bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com
To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <17102.40014.799120.158826@roam.psg.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 05:31:26AM -1000, Randy Bush wrote:
>
> The International Telecoms Union (ITU) has been told by the International
> Chamber of Commerce (ICC) to focus more of its efforts on stimulating the
> growth of fixed line voice telephony in developing countries. The Swiss-led
> ICC, which represents global business interests, says that the ITU devotes
> too much of its focus to the technical management of the internet rather
> than the core issue of teledensity. The ITU has recently announced plans to
> wrest control of internet administration from the US-based Internet
> Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
thanks. nice word ... teledensity.
one does wonder if it remains cost effective to
drag bits of wire around.
--bill
