<div dir="ltr"><div>For members of Internet Society on the list.</div><div><br></div><div>Best Regards<br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Internet Society</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mailer@comms.isoc.org">mailer@comms.isoc.org</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 10:03 PM<br>Subject: 2018 Global Internet Report – Give us your input! <br>To: Barrack Otieno <<a href="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com">otieno.barrack@gmail.com</a>><br><br><br>
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Last year, the Internet Society published a comprehensive study to better understand the forces of change that will shape the Internet
over the next five to seven years: </span></font><i style="color:#0c1c2c;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px"><a href="http://link.isoc.org/ct/95739526:T31DK6uSN:m:1:2924843069:FE0C29F847C46DB984F63EE89849392B:r" target="_blank">The 2017 Global Internet Report: Paths to
Our Digital Future</a></i><font face="Open Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0c1c2c"><span style="font-size:15px">. By focusing attention
on the significant potential of the Internet for innovation and sustainable development, but without denying or shirking the challenges it also
introduces, the 2017 report has become a powerful tool in the global awareness and advocacy work of the Internet Society and its
chapters. </span></font><br> <br>
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We now want to work with you as our most important stakeholders on a new report that takes a closer look
at one of those forces and how it may impact the future, namely</span></font><i style="color:#0c1c2c;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px"><b> <a href="http://link.isoc.org/ct/95739527:T31DK6uSN:m:1:2924843069:FE0C29F847C46DB984F63EE89849392B:r" target="_blank">Consolidation in the Internet Economy</a></b></i><font face="Open Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0c1c2c"><span style="font-size:15px">. Understood as growing forces of concentration, vertical and horizontal integration, and fewer opportunities for market
entry and competition, this topic includes the impact of consolidating forces on all stakeholders as well as on the Internet’s underlying and
evolving technology.</span></font><br> <br>
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We have selected this theme because findings from last year’s report, and developments since
its release, indicated increasing concerns about a growing concentration of power in the Internet Economy. They point to market and technical forces
that may be driving consolidation at different ‘layers’ of the Internet, from traffic to communications providers to applications, as well
as processes of vertical integration that allows for some companies to own the user experience at every stage and in an increasingly wide range of
human activity. As users experience the Internet through a smaller number of providers, for example, there is the potential to restrict our access,
choice and future ability to innovate. On the other hand, consolidation is not a new phenomena, but can be expected as markets and industries mature.
To some, it is an evolution foremost characterized by lower prices and better services available to more people.</span></font><br>
<br> <b><font face="Open Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0c1c2c"><span style="font-size:15px">Today we are launching a survey in
</span></font></b><font face="Open Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0c1c2c"><span style="font-size:15px"><a href="http://link.isoc.org/ct/95739528:T31DK6uSN:m:1:2924843069:FE0C29F847C46DB984F63EE89849392B:r" target="_blank"><b>English</b></a><b>, </b><a href="http://link.isoc.org/ct/95739529:T31DK6uSN:m:1:2924843069:FE0C29F847C46DB984F63EE89849392B:r" target="_blank"><b>French</b></a><b> and </b><a href="http://link.isoc.org/ct/95739530:T31DK6uSN:m:1:2924843069:FE0C29F847C46DB984F63EE89849392B:r" target="_blank"><b>Spanish</b></a><b> seeking your input
on this perceived trend of consolidation.</b> Tell us your perspective; how it might be affecting you and your community, and what you foresee
for the future of the Internet in the next five years.</span></font><br> <br>
<a href="http://link.isoc.org/ct/95739528:T31DK6uSN:m:1:2924843069:FE0C29F847C46DB984F63EE89849392B:r" style="color:#ffffff;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#02837d;width:300px;border-radius:5px;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;padding:10px 25px" target="_blank">Take the survey!</a>
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Best regards,</span></font><br> <br>
<font face="Open Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0c1c2c"><span style="font-size:15px"> Constance Bommelaer de Leusse</span></font><br> <font face="Open Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0c1c2c"><span style="font-size:15px"> Senior Director, Global Internet Policy and
International Organizations</span></font><br> <font face="Open
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