said by special13 :

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Kiss the Net as you know it goodbye.

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said by Omega :

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The UN won't be able to run the internet, they can barely manage themselves.

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said by special13 :

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Kiss the Net as you know it goodbye.

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said by special13 :

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Kiss the Net as you know it goodbye.

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said by Brisk :

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...and the problem with that is...?

ICANN could have, should have, put VeriSign out of business months ago. But they didn't swing that ax.

It's time that someone with backbone does.

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said by Logan 5 :

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Asking the U.N to "run" the internet is like asking how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

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said by nonymous :

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So a world internet tax needs to be set. Who would collect it the UN.
Yes we have 85% of the infrastructure, it mostly works. Build there own and shut up.

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said by gruggni :

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wait and see I guess.

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said by gruggni :

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I think countries will just end up creating private nets. Thus the internet will be the international means of communications. A country like China will not change, they will keep the rest of the world out their nets. The world will then be divided into a kind of border-net. Not much good will come from the UN having so control. ICANN controls naming. DNS-es just assign names to ip addresses.

A WHAT IF? segment:

Many ISP's have created their own networks. What if, many open networks become closed networks. Similar to AOL's network. The only way to get into an AOL chat room, is thru AOL software with an AOL account. DNS servers will be smaller, ISPs would only keep entries of paid hosts on their network.

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said by gruggni :

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A huge money making program comes to mind. If you want the world to see your website, you would have to create an account on virtually ever private network, or some website licensing fee to put a site on every network.

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said by gruggni :

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A huge money making program comes to mind. If you want the world to see your website, you would have to create an account on virtually ever private network, or some website licensing fee to put a site on every network.

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said by special13 :

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I hope bush has the common sense to realise this fact.

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said by Matt :

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said by special13 :

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I hope bush has the common sense to realise this fact.

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I would have to say, if Bush opposed this, it would be the first time I supported any decision of the current administration.

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said by Rock Guitar :

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The UN is the most incompetent organization ever devised by mankind.

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A controversial plan to grant governments broad controls over the Internet has stolen the spotlight of a United Nations conference on IT next week, where China and Cuba will be among its strongest supporters.

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said by oliphant5 :

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News flash...what is in the best interests of some 3rd world hell hole isn't necessarily in the best interests of internet stability.

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said by Sarick :

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If The UN controls the internet law then, the constitution becomes useless. Even though the internet is a PUBLIC network covering every corner of the US it's be owned and governed by an outside source. This source doesn't need to follow the free speech, and other freedoms we take for granted now.

Free speech, nullified.

Same thing with international law.

If the UN makes a law and countries join up then the international law supersedes the American laws.

Think about the effects on the economy if the UN decided to interfere with industry or access.

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