Article: U.S. insists on controlling Web [CNN]
Insteresting article, makes me wonder if one day there will be blocking of traffice like what happened last week between two major backbone providers...
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Megan posted this at 23:58 — 15th October 2005.
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I've been reading the headlines on this topic but haven't paid much attention. I sort of treat it like all the bird flu scares (um, yeah, okay, whatever, let me know when it's actually serious
).
From what I read the internet could be split into two jurisdictions with two separate and incompatible backbones. I don't believe that this will actually happen but who knows really.
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bja888 posted this at 02:29 — 16th October 2005.
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OMG! I can't wait to join a underground internet connection!!!
JeevesBond posted this at 23:13 — 16th October 2005.
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That's an interesting one Greg, hadn't heard about this before. To my mind it's slightly dangerous to let just one country have ultimate control of the Internet. Especially when its an insular threocracy like America.
It would be better under UN hands, the only problem we then face is actually getting anything done. All those countries with right of veto can create a vast amount of bureaucracy, and of course everyone has their own agenda!
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