Harm caused by ill-thought out WCIT proposals to developing world
http://lirneasia.net/2012/09/harm-caused-by-ill-thought-out-wcit-proposals-t... Harm caused by ill-thought out WCIT proposals to developing world Report author Dr. Rohan Samarajiva, founding chair and CEO of LIRNEasia and former telecommunication regulator in Sri Lanka, finds that proposals contributed by ETNO and the Africa region could artificially raise the cost of network interconnection, content delivery, and quality of service, and that these costs would ultimately be passed along to those least able to afford them or would result in exclusion from the Internet economy. http://lirneasia.net/2012/09/harm-caused-by-ill-thought-out-wcit-proposals-t...
Interesting article Alice. Goes to show that these considerations bring put forward should encompass not only freedom to access but also the commercial aspect of it. Ali Hussein +254 773/713 601113 Sent from my iPhone® On Sep 22, 2012, at 3:35 PM, alice@apc.org wrote:
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Harm caused by ill-thought out WCIT proposals to developing world Report author Dr. Rohan Samarajiva, founding chair and CEO of LIRNEasia and former telecommunication regulator in Sri Lanka, finds that proposals contributed by ETNO and the Africa region could artificially raise the cost of network interconnection, content delivery, and quality of service, and that these costs would ultimately be passed along to those least able to afford them or would result in exclusion from the Internet economy.
http://lirneasia.net/2012/09/harm-caused-by-ill-thought-out-wcit-proposals-t...
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Alice, Thank you for bringing up this matter.Yes, proposals may appear harmless at first sight until the full implications and background become clear. The ETNO proposal would appear to negatively impact most of us from this region who use free information (almost entirely) hosted out there for our work. John Kariuki. ________________________________ From: "alice@apc.org" <alice@apc.org> To: ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Saturday, 22 September 2012, 15:35 Subject: [kictanet] Harm caused by ill-thought out WCIT proposals to developing world http://lirneasia.net/2012/09/harm-caused-by-ill-thought-out-wcit-proposals-t... Harm caused by ill-thought out WCIT proposals to developing world Report author Dr. Rohan Samarajiva, founding chair and CEO of LIRNEasia and former telecommunication regulator in Sri Lanka, finds that proposals contributed by ETNO and the Africa region could artificially raise the cost of network interconnection, content delivery, and quality of service, and that these costs would ultimately be passed along to those least able to afford them or would result in exclusion from the Internet economy. http://lirneasia.net/2012/09/harm-caused-by-ill-thought-out-wcit-proposals-t... _______________________________________________ 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/ngethe.kariuki2007%40y... 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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