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ITU Meeting May Decide Governance of the Net

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the battle-of-the-acronyms dept.

NickFitz writes "The Register has an article on the forthcoming World Summit on the Information Society, organised by the International Telecommunications Union. It seems that the United States, Europe and English-speaking partners are happy to let ICANN carry on running the show, while developing nations would prefer control to be handed over to the ITU. As the second stage of the process isn't due until November 2005, it could be some time before we see any changes."

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  1. Reliability is all we need. by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    I don't care if it's ICANN or ITU so long as it doesn't interfere with availability of the .cx TLD.

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  2. Wel then by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    > while developing nations would prefer control to be handed over to the ITU.

    Build your own frickin' Internet.

  3. Sensationalist media at its best by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ahhh, the Register. Isn't it the computer equivalent to In Touch / People / Hello Magazine?

  4. Bah by Stile+65 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Let's just all switch our root hints files to the ORSC root servers! Then we'll show them ALL who's boss!

    Mwahahahahahaha...

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  5. Keeping things straight: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I always get confused. Are we supposed to like ICANN this time?