Re: EuroISPA and ISPS in Europe signing the MOU

["Jorgen Ericsson" <eri@swip.net>]

On  1 Dec 97 at 13:56, Jim Dixon wrote:

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 >> As all major ISPs in Europe has signed the MOU, 
 >
 >This is simply not true.  Several large and small ISPs in Europe have 
 >signed the MOU.  But there are something on the region of 1500-2000 
 >ISPs in Europe, if we just count those who provide leased line and dialup
 >access to the Internet.  So although the number of signatories in Europe
 >is signicantly higher than in North America, relative to the population
 >of ISPs, it is still at a very low level, perhaps 0.5%.
 >

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 >I agree.  So when a significant number of the 6,000+ ISPs of the 
 >world have signed the gTLD MOU, let me know.  When a significant number
 >of EuroISPA's members have signed the gTLD MOU, I am sure that I will 
 >be aware of it.
 >

Ok. This is somewhat out of content but anyway,  bare with me for a 
moment:

Signing the gTLD MOU is a action. If this proces had been reversed so 
that everyone that OBJECTED to the gTLD MOU should sign - how many 
should have signed aganist it!? I guess that we should have seen 
something that looks like the number that have signed it today!

Often it is the case that the once that makes up their mind are only 
the ones that are listening to, or themselfs are active in a
discussion. The rest either don't know what it is all about or even
don't care! This is accualy the problem in many "so called" 
democraties.

So if a percentage of signing ISPs should be valied it should not be 
compared with the the total number of ISPs but rather with the number 
of them signing an (today non-existing ?) "anti-gTLD MOU". If not, it 
is only "lies, damn lies and statistics".

And please, I know this is not realy the point of issue but just 
closely related....


/Jorgen