[kictanet] Harm caused by ill-thought out WCIT proposals to developing world

[alice at apc.org]

Perhaps Alice Koech, ATU would be so kind to share it.
Best
Alice
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From: McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2012 08:34:26 
To: <alice at apc.org>
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Harm caused by ill-thought out WCIT proposals to
 developing world

hi, is there a link to the "africa region proposal"??

rgds,

McTim

On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 8:35 AM,  <alice at apc.org> wrote:
> http://lirneasia.net/2012/09/harm-caused-by-ill-thought-out-wcit-proposals-to-developing-world/S
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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-to-developing-world/S
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McTim
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