Hi,

I like this analogy

"Imagine if Nakumatt got paid by manufacturers for stocking products on
its shelves AND got paid by consumers for purchasing them"

the shocking reality is that in the case of Nakumatt the case above is what happens.

It is unfortunate that we are claiming that the Internet has no owners the shock might end up killing some of us. 

Africa is a net consumer of internet graphic, we contribute a negligible percentage in online commerce so lets please stop pretending to be equal partners at the ITU table its more like the American electoral process which claims that it is based on the principle of one man one vote but we all know that is not the case.

The ITU issues are a repeat of the WTO battles of a few years ago where we got tossed the AGOA bone which to date has only benefited a few organisations, in this case as well we shall be thrown another gnawed bone such as free broadband to schools or a trip to Paris for a "select" few.

No action cannot be called a strategy we either decide that we want to be heard or just sit back and hope that one of our foreign masters will have our interests at heart.

Regards

 
Robert Yawe
KAY System Technologies Ltd
Phoenix House, 6th Floor
P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
Kenya

Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
From: McTim <dogwallah@gmail.com>
To: robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Sent: Thursday, 18 October 2012, 18:14
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Who controls the internet?

On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 6:47 AM, George Nyabuga <george@afrinic.net> wrote:
> An interesting article in The Guardian, quoting, among others, our own Alice
> Munyua. But what the listers make of it?


I find it interesting that the author takes the position that various
folks are attacking the ITU,
when in fact it is the ETNO proposal that is being criticized.

The ETNO proposal is in fact an "attack" upon the current Internet
charging scheme.

Imagine if Nakumatt got paid by manufacturers for stocking products on
its shelves
AND got paid by consumers for purchasing them.

That's what ETNO is hoping for for their industry.


--
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel

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