Widening the digital divide
Hi, For a long time I tried to understand the reasons for country specific IP address allocations, many of those I asked seemed to think that it was all about security and post 9/11 paranoia but I believe its all about control and commerce and today reality came home Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
Yawe, On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 9:43 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Hi,
For a long time I tried to understand the reasons for country specific IP address allocations, many of those I asked seemed to think that it was all about security and post 9/11 paranoia but I believe its all about control and commerce and today reality came home
What happened today? You are correct in that regulators feel that since they control phone number distribution, they also want to control IP address distribution despite the current efficient model that does not give control to regulators. -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel
Technology failed me there, here is the flash screen that got me worried. Hi, For a long time I tried to understand the reasons for country specific IP address allocations, many of those I asked seemed to think that it was all about security and post 9/11 paranoia but I believe its all about control and commerce and today reality came home Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/robertyawe%40yahoo.co.... The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
Technology failed me there, here is the flash screen that got me worried. Hi, For a long time I tried to understand the reasons for country specific IP address allocations, many of those I asked seemed to think that it was all about security and post 9/11 paranoia but I believe its all about control and commerce and today reality came home Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/robertyawe%40yahoo.co.... The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
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