Comments on: Will the U.N. run the Internet?

CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh explains why an international political battle over control over the Internet is brewing.

[palmahajan]

Lets Outsource this

US has a monoply on ICANN. Even if somebody raises noise, nothing effective is done without US benefits. So for the benefit of US, lets outsource this to third world like India..

[palmahajan]

Lets Outsource this

US has a monoply on ICANN. Even if somebody raises noise, nothing effective is done without US benefits. So for the benefit of US, lets outsource this to third world like India..

The UN versus ICANN

I am really not sure which is better between ICANN and the UN, both may very well be very poor choices. My reasoning is that the domain TLD was best run when technical people, without corporate adgenda or political parisan influence ran the show. Having listening to ICANN meeting recordings where members come unprepared and UN grand standing events neither has what it takes.

Why not let the domain name holders vote? Why not turn it into a democratic thing, where if you have 10 .com domains, you get 10 votes. One problem with the UN is it really isn't a democracy, it is a political forum where a country with 20,000 people has the same vote as a country with 5 billion.

Turning this over to any organization without the proportional democracy would be a big mistake. And I do not see the UN in accepting this for very long.

The UN versus ICANN

I am really not sure which is better between ICANN and the UN, both may very well be very poor choices. My reasoning is that the domain TLD was best run when technical people, without corporate adgenda or political parisan influence ran the show. Having listening to ICANN meeting recordings where members come unprepared and UN grand standing events neither has what it takes.

Why not let the domain name holders vote? Why not turn it into a democratic thing, where if you have 10 .com domains, you get 10 votes. One problem with the UN is it really isn't a democracy, it is a political forum where a country with 20,000 people has the same vote as a country with 5 billion.

Turning this over to any organization without the proportional democracy would be a big mistake. And I do not see the UN in accepting this for very long.

Us will not give up control

The USA isn't going to give up control of the internet for anything and it doesn't matter how much the UN kicks and screams. The UN doesn't have any real power. Any country with power will ignore the UN as needed. This includes China, India and the nations of Europe. I personally dont think the UN could run the internet anyways. The pandering to they would do for many nations would create a Bureaucratic Pandor's Box.

In regards to some posts: Bush has created many problems for the US image abroad, (Iraq is but one area) but I feel any other President to date wouldn't be willing to give control of the Internet either.

Us will not give up control

The USA isn't going to give up control of the internet for anything and it doesn't matter how much the UN kicks and screams. The UN doesn't have any real power. Any country with power will ignore the UN as needed. This includes China, India and the nations of Europe. I personally dont think the UN could run the internet anyways. The pandering to they would do for many nations would create a Bureaucratic Pandor's Box.

In regards to some posts: Bush has created many problems for the US image abroad, (Iraq is but one area) but I feel any other President to date wouldn't be willing to give control of the Internet either.

UN - NO WAY

This has to be one of the most amuzing stories I've seen lately.

I for one cannot see a scandalus organization such as the UN taking control of the Internet.

Did everyone forget the Oil for FOOD situation.

Everyone always thinks the grass is greener or they could do something better than the next guy.

If the UN wants the Internet, let em have it. We will create another one and run it on a different port! Ha Ha...

English is the common language throughout the world. Next we will see - Oriely, DNS Bind in 500 Languages including Swahili and Pig Latin.

Whatever, can't we all just get along and stop trying to control everything. This is ridiculous.

If the UN can fix the worlds hunger problem without aid from the US, then I say let them try to work on the Internet. Till then, dial up and let us manage your routes... we don't like black holes - THANK YOU!

D. D.

UN - NO WAY

This has to be one of the most amuzing stories I've seen lately.

I for one cannot see a scandalus organization such as the UN taking control of the Internet.

Did everyone forget the Oil for FOOD situation.

Everyone always thinks the grass is greener or they could do something better than the next guy.

If the UN wants the Internet, let em have it. We will create another one and run it on a different port! Ha Ha...

English is the common language throughout the world. Next we will see - Oriely, DNS Bind in 500 Languages including Swahili and Pig Latin.

Whatever, can't we all just get along and stop trying to control everything. This is ridiculous.

If the UN can fix the worlds hunger problem without aid from the US, then I say let them try to work on the Internet. Till then, dial up and let us manage your routes... we don't like black holes - THANK YOU!

D. D.

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rich no more

thats exactly what it is.

[John Kuzak]

exactly what it is

http://www.analogstereo.com/mazda_6_owners_manual.htm

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rich no more

thats exactly what it is.

[John Kuzak]

exactly what it is

http://www.analogstereo.com/mazda_6_owners_manual.htm

I'll run it

Here's a great idea. Move the servers to my house at small town Ohio, and I'll run the internet!!!

I'll help...

I got the root cached on my servers at home. As long as I have a working connection and the site I'm trying to reach doesn't change addresses, I can survive a DNS failure (actualy did at one point when my ISP's DN servers went down).

I'll run it

Here's a great idea. Move the servers to my house at small town Ohio, and I'll run the internet!!!

I'll help...

I got the root cached on my servers at home. As long as I have a working connection and the site I'm trying to reach doesn't change addresses, I can survive a DNS failure (actualy did at one point when my ISP's DN servers went down).

US is a leader but can not stop others

As I am Japanese I read Japanese and English. People in the Internet will be able to read English, but U.S. U.K. people can not understand nor read other language than English. So there is no meaning for U.S. to keep all controle in U.S. hand. Many Asian country uses the Internet in their Native language and most of the population are satisfied with the service. Conserning the advantage of U.S. technology I am hoping to be able to refer to the U.S. sites, but need not to get .com address. I think the down stream of routing should refer to U.S. but the is no need to say about the countries where we can not speek nor read. If they want to make new root let them do it. I will not and can not understand the contents anyway.

[John Kuzak]

U.S. technology

http://www.analogstereo.com/daihatsu_cuore_owners_manual.htm

US is a leader but can not stop others

As I am Japanese I read Japanese and English. People in the Internet will be able to read English, but U.S. U.K. people can not understand nor read other language than English. So there is no meaning for U.S. to keep all controle in U.S. hand. Many Asian country uses the Internet in their Native language and most of the population are satisfied with the service. Conserning the advantage of U.S. technology I am hoping to be able to refer to the U.S. sites, but need not to get .com address. I think the down stream of routing should refer to U.S. but the is no need to say about the countries where we can not speek nor read. If they want to make new root let them do it. I will not and can not understand the contents anyway.

[John Kuzak]

U.S. technology

http://www.analogstereo.com/daihatsu_cuore_owners_manual.htm

pathetic commentary

I find the attitude of the state dpeartment selfish. What irks me more is the attitude of the commenters of this article. It shows condecension for other countries and the UN. Remeber Europe is a democracy, so is india and many southeast asian countries. So this charade of being democratic is sickening. It is also insulting that people think that other countries are not capable of running the internet root directory. Sure US invented the internet and meant it to be an open system, so the citizens of the world are thankful for it. But open means participation from other countries as well. It is like the Indian govt saying that yoga should only be taught and modified in India.
Also it is too bad that americans dont find UN an obedient dog that follows their every command. I guess the UN wasnt meant to do that. It is supposed to be a global association of nations remember? It is chaotic because it works like a democracy.
Rather than opening out control of the internet, so that the whole world has a say, i would suggest that first a smaller group of nations decide policies about the internet, something like the equivalent of the UN secuarity council and then slowly dilute the holding to accomodate the rest of the nations based on say, how strong their economies are.
If the state department continues its selfish attitude it wont take long before other countries start creating their own root directries and market their own domanin names. With India and china having a huge market exploding with demand, such actions will only come back to bite the US.

[joelammers]

Condecension?

"I find the attitude of the state dpeartment selfish. What irks me more is the attitude of the commenters of this article. It shows condecension for other countries and the UN. Remeber Europe is a democracy, so is india and many southeast asian countries."

The UN is an organization that should be shown quite a deal of condecension. Any body that sees fit to put such corrupt dictatorships such as Lybia or Cuba on a human rights organization cannot be entrusted with control over the internet.

The truth is that the UN is almost terminally corrupt and incompetent. Turning control of the internet over to the UN would be equivalent to turning control of your police department over to the local mafia (unfortunately a reality in many third world countries).

pathetic commentary

I find the attitude of the state dpeartment selfish. What irks me more is the attitude of the commenters of this article. It shows condecension for other countries and the UN. Remeber Europe is a democracy, so is india and many southeast asian countries. So this charade of being democratic is sickening. It is also insulting that people think that other countries are not capable of running the internet root directory. Sure US invented the internet and meant it to be an open system, so the citizens of the world are thankful for it. But open means participation from other countries as well. It is like the Indian govt saying that yoga should only be taught and modified in India.
Also it is too bad that americans dont find UN an obedient dog that follows their every command. I guess the UN wasnt meant to do that. It is supposed to be a global association of nations remember? It is chaotic because it works like a democracy.
Rather than opening out control of the internet, so that the whole world has a say, i would suggest that first a smaller group of nations decide policies about the internet, something like the equivalent of the UN secuarity council and then slowly dilute the holding to accomodate the rest of the nations based on say, how strong their economies are.
If the state department continues its selfish attitude it wont take long before other countries start creating their own root directries and market their own domanin names. With India and china having a huge market exploding with demand, such actions will only come back to bite the US.

[joelammers]

Condecension?

"I find the attitude of the state dpeartment selfish. What irks me more is the attitude of the commenters of this article. It shows condecension for other countries and the UN. Remeber Europe is a democracy, so is india and many southeast asian countries."

The UN is an organization that should be shown quite a deal of condecension. Any body that sees fit to put such corrupt dictatorships such as Lybia or Cuba on a human rights organization cannot be entrusted with control over the internet.

The truth is that the UN is almost terminally corrupt and incompetent. Turning control of the internet over to the UN would be equivalent to turning control of your police department over to the local mafia (unfortunately a reality in many third world countries).