<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458751617341_3184"><span>Barrack,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458751617341_3186"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458751617341_3185">I must thank you very much for drawing attention to Mike Gursten's comments.For me the most telling clause is the following:</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458751617341_3186"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458751617341_3186">'<span style="font-size: 12pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458751617341_3267" class="">The A4AI “Best Practices” are a clear attempt to superimpose a
neo-liberal market fundamentalism on what would otherwise be a well-meaning
attempt to reduce the cost of Internet access for the next billions of users.'</span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458751617341_3269"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458751617341_3271" class=""><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458751617341_3273" class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458751617341_3187" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458751617341_3187" dir="ltr">The subject of "neo-liberal market fundamentalism" is at this time globally 'politically incorrect' despite increasing evidence of its massive failures in a very large number of cases.I would therefore urge listers to take an interest in the comments and discuss them.</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458751617341_3187" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458751617341_3187" dir="ltr">I would also recommend further reading on the subject in the book 'Market Failure and the Delusions of Privatisation' by Warwick Funnel,Robert Jupe and Jane Andrew.,Pluto Press.</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458751617341_3187" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458751617341_3187" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458751617341_3187" dir="ltr">John Kariuki<br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458751617341_3265" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458751617341_3264"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458751617341_3263"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458751617341_3262"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458751617341_3261"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458751617341_3308"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Barrack Otieno via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><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> Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, 22 March 2016, 17:13<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [kictanet] Fwd: [Internet Policy] Blogpost: A4AI: Who Could Oppose a More Affordable Internet? The Alliance for an Affordable Internet (A4AI) and the Neo-liberal Stealth Campaign to Control the Internet Throughout the Developing World<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458751617341_3307"><br>Listers,<br><br>Might be of interest to some of you.<br><br>Regards<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: Michael Gurstein <<a ymailto="mailto:gurstein@gmail.com" href="mailto:gurstein@gmail.com">gurstein@gmail.com</a>><br>Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2016 14:35:12 -0700<br>Subject: [Internet Policy] Blogpost: A4AI: Who Could Oppose a More<br>Affordable Internet? The Alliance for an Affordable Internet (A4AI)<br>and the Neo-liberal Stealth Campaign to Control the Internet<br>Throughout the Developing World<br>To: Internet Policy External <<a ymailto="mailto:internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org" href="mailto:internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org">internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org</a>><br><br><br><<a href="https://gurstein.wordpress.com/2016/03/20/a4ai-who-could-oppose-a-more-affo" target="_blank">https://gurstein.wordpress.com/2016/03/20/a4ai-who-could-oppose-a-more-affo</a><br>rdable-internet-the-alliance-for-an-affordable-internet-a4ai-and-the-neo-lib<br>eral-stealth-campaign-to-control-the-internet-throughout-the-developing-worl<br>d-and-make/> A4AI: Who Could Oppose a More Affordable Internet? The Alliance<br>for an Affordable Internet (A4AI) and the Neo-liberal Stealth Campaign to<br>Control the Internet Throughout the Developing World and Make Big Bucks for<br>the Private Sector While Doing So<br><br>Given the apparent intense interest on this list in the A4AI this blogpost<br>which looks to identify some of the underlying realities of the Initiative<br>might be of interest to some.<br><br>M<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>-- <br>Barrack O. 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