Re: The ITU Bogeyman

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Karl and all,

Karl Auerbach wrote:

> > > It would really help my understanding if you could point out some specific
> > > items where ITU participation is bad.  (I'm not saying you are wrong, it's
> > > just that I want to understand.)
> >
> > My perception is that many people in the Internet community have a
> > visceral dislike for the ITU (as the representative of telcos to some,
> > as the representative of governments to others) and therefore adding
> > ITU support means subtracting Internet community support, a
> > remarkably poor tradeoff.
>
> I can understand the cold breeze that comes from the ITU.  I heard enough
> horror stories from Carl Malamud when he tried to put the ITU standards
> online.
>
> But I'm looking for things more specific than visceral.  What I'm reaching
> for is an understanding what, specifically, ticks people off about the
> MoU?

  Just read it Karl.  That should be enough for you right there.  See how it
fits the future of the internet and weather it really represents the needs
of the Internet public and stake holders over the next 5 years.  It is an
obvious attempt to take control of the DNS system by a very few, and to
benefit only those few.  This is not what the Internet is all about, nor should
it be!

>
>
> > Personally I found being told by Robert Shaw that "the Internet is just
> > a thin layer on top of ITU standards" remarkably offensive, but I guess
> > I am easily offended.
>
> I'd be offended too.  The way things are going with IP telephony, it may
> very well be that the telephone system could end up a thin veneer on top
> of the Internet. ;-)

  I agree with you this seems to be the direction of the telecommunications
system for the masses.  And it is about time.

>
>
>                 --karl--
>
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Jeffrey A. Williams
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