<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Alice,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 15.99px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>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.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 15.99px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span></span> </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 15.99px; font-style: normal; background-color:
transparent;"><span>John Kariuki.</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr" contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> "alice@apc.org" <alice@apc.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, 22 September 2012, 15:35<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [kictanet] Harm caused by ill-thought out
WCIT proposals to developing world<br> </font> </div> <br><a href="http://lirneasia.net/2012/09/harm-caused-by-ill-thought-out-wcit-proposals-to-developing-world/S" target="_blank">http://lirneasia.net/2012/09/harm-caused-by-ill-thought-out-wcit-proposals-to-developing-world/S</a><br> <br>Harm caused by ill-thought out WCIT proposals to developing world<br>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.<br><br><a href="http://lirneasia.net/2012/09/harm-caused-by-ill-thought-out-wcit-proposals-to-developing-world/S"
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