RE: The telephone network and the internet (RE: [ga] ALAC comment s on proposed Bylaws modifications)

["L. Gallegos" <jandl@jandl.com>]

So, in order to get information that may make the decision to participate 
in anything re ITU, one must have cash to read the documents.  Then one 
must have cash in order to particiapte at all.  Therefore, most of the 
world's users will not participate because it is not feasible to expect 
that they will be able to afford that participation.  Therefore, most of 
what the ITU does in terms of recommendations is rather secretive since 
the information is not freely available except for those users who have 
the $$.  It then becomes a no brainer that ITU is not the viable answer to 
governance any more than ICANN is.  Bottom up?

Leah


On 11 Mar 2003 at 9:31, richard.hill@itu.int wrote:

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> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Marc Schneiders [mailto:marc@fuchsia.bijt.net]
> > Sent: Monday, 10 March 2003 21:43
> > To: richard.hill@itu.int
> > Cc: ga@dnso.org
> > Subject: RE: The telephone network and the internet (RE: [ga] ALAC
> > comment s on proposed Bylaws modifications)
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, at 14:31 [=GMT+0100], richard.hill@itu.int wrote:
> > 
> > > Anybody can download up to three ITU-T Recommendations per 
> > year for free
> > > from our web site.
> > >
> > > I agree that this is not the same as IETF or ICANN where 
> > everything is
> > > available for free.
> > 
> > Or WIPO, IIRC. Makes one think about IntProp.
> > 
> > It isn't enough, 3 texts. There are more than 3 documents 
> > about e.164. So
> > anyone interesting in _studying_ e.164, has to come up with cash, or
> > cannot get the full ITU picture. I must say that I find it outrageous
> > that we are charged to be able to participate. This does not at all
> > suggest that there is a open bottom up process. And even apart from
> > participation, standards should be freely available. It is the best road
> > to get them implemented, I guess.
> 
> These comments have been made before and discussed in ITU.  At present, the
> membership feels that it is appropriate to recover the costs of
> publication.
> 
> The topic will certainly continue to be discussed and the consensus might
> change in the future.
> 
> Best,
> Richard
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