<p>@McTim: </p>
<p>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? </p>
<p>Sent on the run,<br>
Please excuse errors & ommissions!</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 18, 2012 3:23 PM, "McTim" <<a href="mailto:dogwallah@gmail.com">dogwallah@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Listers,<br>
<br>
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 1:29 AM, robert yawe <<a href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
><br>
> When I was in school, yes I did go to school, there was an unwritten rule<br>
> "finders keepers losers weepers", we seem to be applying all this rules in<br>
> trying to wrestle away the Internet from its real owners the USA<br>
<br>
<br>
There are no "real owners" of the Internet. � it's a de-centralised<br>
network of networks,<br>
all communicating using TCP/IP.<br>
<br>
<br>
, the ITU<br>
> meeting shall be the battle ground and bloody it will be worse than Muoroto<br>
> or Syokimau evictions.<br>
<br>
Hardly, it's a 10 day conference, which is a very short window in<br>
which to come to agreements.<br>
<br>
In addition, it's a treaty conference in which nation states can<br>
"opt-out" of provisions they don't agree with.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
><br>
> If Google, Facebook, Amazon, eBay, LinkedIn, Yahoo and their elk (note all<br>
> are US based companies) decided to block all IP addresses beginning with<br>
> "41" will we still be able to say that we have Internet access?<br>
<br>
yes, but the likelihood of this happening is near as zero as it can possibly be.<br>
<br>
><br>
> From Waudo's post it is clear where we fall, as the so called developing<br>
> countries, at the periphery of the battle field literally outside the<br>
> stadium hanging from a shaky tree branch. �The so called "tech giants" will<br>
> arrive fully armed, the Chinese will bring their numbers and the Russians<br>
> their nuclear, gas and diamond might, how will we arrive?<br>
<br>
It's a one-nation one vote kind of thing, so the KE vote is equal to<br>
the US vote.<br>
<br>
<br>
--<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
McTim<br>
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A<br>
route indicates how we get there." �Jon Postel<br>
<br>
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