Re: [wg-review] Clarifications requested from BoD, Staff, NC, TC,Chair prior to co-Chair elections

[Bret Busby <bret@clearsol.iinet.net.au>]

Roeland Meyer wrote:
> 
> You're missing the point Bret. They actual infrastructure of the internet,
> the wires, fibre, routers, and switches, are all owned by the ISPs. That's
> what makes them ISPs. If ICANN owned all that stuff, they'd also be an ISP.
> If you owned all that stuff, you'd be an ISP. The point is, you don't, ICANN
> doesn't, and neither does the USG. Inter-ISP relations are governed by what
> is called "peering agreements". Those are privately brokered deals. None of
> us gets a vote there (well, almost none of us).
> 
> In truth, even the ICANN may be powerless against those facts, unless it
> buys a stake in each ISP. Yes, the whole thing runs under a series of
> corporations. Should it stay that way? I dunno, you tell me how to change it
> ...
> 

I see. So, it is the ISP's,that make the rules, that govern the Internet
(as far as domain names are concerned), and, are responsible for the
registration, and, administration, of domain names.

I had believd that it was ICANN.

So, ICANN has no responsibility, and, no role, and, just sits there and
has nothing to do.

Thank you for that clarification.

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Bret Busby

Armadale, West Australia

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