[AfrICANN-discuss] Breaking the Internet HOWTO: The Unintended Consequences of Governmental Actions

[SM]

At 01:45 20-12-2011, Nacer Adamou Saidou wrote:
>I received only one answer from Mr NII NARKU QUAYNOR who was one of the
>panelist. As far as I undestood him, his answer was barely this: this is
>not really an issue.

Please see the answer below:

>>From: Nii Quaynor <<mailto:quaynor at ghana.com>quaynor at ghana.com>
>>Date: December 20, 2011 11:47:54 GMT
>>To: "<mailto:africann at afrinic.net>africann at afrinic.net" 
>><<mailto:africann at afrinic.net>africann at afrinic.net>
>>Cc: "<mailto:africann at afrinic.net>africann at afrinic.net" 
>><<mailto:africann at afrinic.net>africann at afrinic.net>
>>Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] Breaking the Internet HOWTO: The 
>>Unintended Consequences of Governmental Actions
>>
>>SM,
>>
>>Right questions
>>
>>We ought not separate the infrastructure from the content in our 
>>thinking as that would be very intrusive to investment in infrastructure
>>
>>The better approach is to open the network so that users are aware 
>>of practices of operators and their make choices in a competitive market
>>
>>The other issue which we seem to be introducing into the term 
>>'neutrality' is something else more akin to control of the net 
>>which is a totally separate discussion. This suggests an 
>>unacceptable top down governance approach opposite to existing 
>>processes of coordination applicable in Internet standards or 
>>policy development
>>
>>Nii