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

[John Kariuki]

Alice,
Thank you for bringing up this matter.Yes, proposals may appear harmless at first sight until the full implications and background become clear. The ETNO proposal would appear to negatively impact most of us from this region who use free  information (almost entirely) hosted out there for our work.
 
John Kariuki.
 

________________________________
 From: "alice at apc.org" <alice at apc.org>
To: ngethe.kariuki2007 at yahoo.co.uk 
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> 
Sent: Saturday, 22 September 2012, 15:35
Subject: [kictanet]  Harm caused by ill-thought out WCIT proposals to developing world
  
http://lirneasia.net/2012/09/harm-caused-by-ill-thought-out-wcit-proposals-to-developing-world/S
 
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

_______________________________________________
kictanet mailing list
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet

Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/ngethe.kariuki2007%40yahoo.co.uk

The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.

KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/attachments/20120923/09c11953/attachment.htm>