[At-Large] FCC TO SCRAP NET NEUTRALITY

Sivasubramanian M isolatedn at gmail.com
Thu Dec 7 11:14:23 UTC 2017


On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 4:23 PM, Derek Smythe <derek at aa419.org> wrote:

> Michael
>
> Since I have no dog in this fight - no financial interests, rather purely
> altruistic from a *global *perspective and as thus not *compromised*:
>
> This is an issue local to the USA.
>

​No. It is not local to the USA. It starts here, sets the trend and infects
the whole world.
​

> The world does not end on US shores. The US population only makes out
> something like 4.5% of the world population. This is a global list.
>
> While what your say may have relevance in your geographical area, it does
> not belong on this list as this is not ICANN's remit as was explained.
>

​What is in ICANN's remit? Registry business? Why not reduce it to a
commercial for-profit corporation franchising out Domain Names?​



> As such, by the time your message reaches halfway around the world, it
> translates to nothing more than noise on this list.
>
> Please find an appropriate forum using the appropriate mechanisms to
> address this.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Derek
>
> On 2017-12-07 04:58 AM, William Michael Cunningham wrote:
>
> This, really, is the question.
>
> The answer is so clear that attempts to deny the relevance of this policy
> MUST give rise to questions about interest and compromise. I suppose one
> should question the more aggressive discussants about their financial
> position relative to any benefit that might accrue to them, their clients
> or their employers from higher internet access fees and lower internet
> access and reliability for the majority of the poor and people of color in
> the geographic regions affected. Or, it may simply be a cultural issue. If
> your income is higher than the income for the average human being living on
> earth today, you might be in a privileged (compromised ) position
> financially, and thus unable to fully understand the impact this proposed
> policy will have. (Note that I fall into that category. My experience and
> perspective simply gives me an awareness that others, apparently, lack.)
>
> Calls for "proof" are an old trick, since there is no proof that would
> suffice for those requesting it. The request for proof is itself
> irrelevant, since the question does not concern what policy stance ICANN
> should take relative to NN, but, rather, a rational recognition that,
> according to the stated goals of the organization, this FCC policy WILL
> have an impact. The honest thing to do is to describe and prepare for that
> impact is it relates to the broader social (access, diversity, income)
> goals of the organization, not to retreat behind a narrow interpretation of
> the duties and obligations of this organization.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 7:53 PM, Sivasubramanian M <isolatedn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> John,
>>
>> Are you saying that it is none of ICANN's concern what happens to the
>> Internet?
>> Sivasubramanian M
>>
>> On Dec 5, 2017 8:31 AM, "John R. Levine" <johnl at iecc.com> wrote:
>>
>> Interesting. Suggest you look again.
>>>
>>
>> Thanks for confirming that we have both looked at each of the 125
>> paragraphs of the FCC's recent order, as well as Appendices A and B, and
>> the statements of the various commissioners and we agree that there is
>> nothing affecting the operation of the Internet's identfiers that would be
>> relevant to ICANN.
>>
>> R's,
>> John
>>
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