[kictanet] Who Controls the Internet?

[Kivuva]

@Bullut, I thought the design of anycast made sure that no single country
has a switch to the internet?

On 21 October 2012 18:39, Michael Bullut <main at kipsang.com> wrote:

> @McTim:
>
> I beg to differ on your first point. Ten out of thirteen of the Internet's
> root servers reside within the United States. If there's a global issue &
> some countries differ with it on it's stand / viewpoint, what would the
> U.S. from blocking traffic to those countries' websites?
>
> Sent on the run,
> Please excuse errors & ommissions!
> On Oct 18, 2012 3:23 PM, "McTim" <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  Listers,
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 1:29 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > When I was in school, yes I did go to school, there was an unwritten
>> rule
>> > "finders keepers losers weepers", we seem to be applying all this rules
>> in
>> > trying to wrestle away the Internet from its real owners the USA
>>
>>
>> There are no "real owners" of the Internet.   it's a de-centralised
>> network of networks,
>> all communicating using TCP/IP.
>>
>>
>> , the ITU
>> > meeting shall be the battle ground and bloody it will be worse than
>> Muoroto
>> > or Syokimau evictions.
>>
>> Hardly, it's a 10 day conference, which is a very short window in
>> which to come to agreements.
>>
>> In addition, it's a treaty conference in which nation states can
>> "opt-out" of provisions they don't agree with.
>>
>>
>>
>> >
>> > If Google, Facebook, Amazon, eBay, LinkedIn, Yahoo and their elk (note
>> all
>> > are US based companies) decided to block all IP addresses beginning with
>> > "41" will we still be able to say that we have Internet access?
>>
>> yes, but the likelihood of this happening is near as zero as it can
>> possibly be.
>>
>> >
>> > From Waudo's post it is clear where we fall, as the so called developing
>> > countries, at the periphery of the battle field literally outside the
>> > stadium hanging from a shaky tree branch.  The so called "tech giants"
>> will
>> > arrive fully armed, the Chinese will bring their numbers and the
>> Russians
>> > their nuclear, gas and diamond might, how will we arrive?
>>
>> It's a one-nation one vote kind of thing, so the KE vote is equal to
>> the US vote.
>>
>>
>> --
>> 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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