[kictanet] Widening the digital divide

McTim dogwallah at gmail.com
Mon Nov 5 18:20:57 EAT 2012


Yawe,



On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 9:43 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe at 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
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