[At-Large] FCC TO SCRAP NET NEUTRALITY

William Michael Cunningham williamcunningham840 at gmail.com
Thu Dec 7 12:16:28 UTC 2017


I agree.

On Dec 7, 2017 6:14 AM, "Sivasubramanian M" <isolatedn at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 4:23 PM, Derek Smythe <derek at aa419.org> wrote:
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>> Michael
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>> Since I have no dog in this fight - no financial interests, rather purely
>> altruistic from a *global *perspective and as thus not *compromised*:
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>> This is an issue local to the USA.
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> ​No. It is not local to the USA. It starts here, sets the trend and
> infects the whole world.
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>> 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.
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> ​What is in ICANN's remit? Registry business? Why not reduce it to a
> commercial for-profit corporation franchising out Domain Names?​
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>> 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
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>> On 2017-12-07 04:58 AM, William Michael Cunningham wrote:
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>> This, really, is the question.
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>> 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.)
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>> 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.
>>
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>> On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 7:53 PM, Sivasubramanian M <isolatedn at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>>> John,
>>>
>>> Are you saying that it is none of ICANN's concern what happens to the
>>> Internet?
>>> Sivasubramanian M
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>>> On Dec 5, 2017 8:31 AM, "John R. Levine" <johnl at iecc.com> wrote:
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>>> 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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