<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body>All in all and with due respect, before making emotional or passionate statements on this issue, one has to look at Why the Internet phenomenon became global in a very period. <div>It was an experiment which went very well and has benefitted us humans in many ways. </div><div>What seems to a problem is that some people want to hide from the rest of the world...by wishing to undo what has been done by the Internet.. .</div><div>It is not a reasonable solution to suggest to divide (what?) the Internet because there are no more 'secrets'?? The negotiations to have the IDNS were very delicate but finally the World is a ONE existence due the Internet.</div><div>My request is to please stop this debate and be constructive by making use of the Internet facility as intended ...snooping has been there....the issue not the Internet its how its made things easier.</div><div>Taking advantage of it to change lives is whats needed.</div><div>Enjoy the Year everyone..</div><div>Yassin<br><br><br><font size="2">Sent from samsung mobile. On O2.</font> </div><br><br><br>Seun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br><br><p dir="ltr">sent from Google nexus 4<br>
kindly excuse brevity and typos.<br>
On 2 Feb 2014 11:26, "Pierre Lotis NANKEP" <<a href="mailto:lnankep@yahoo.fr">lnankep@yahoo.fr</a>> wrote:</p>
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> According to their different strategic interests, Nations / Sovereign States will interconnect their Internet (p2p, multilateral peering, etc ...)<br>
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By that time it may not be Internet as we know it, you and I may not longer be able to communicate by default (because we are from different counties with different restrictive boarder rules). Now that could mean a lot to innovations, and the economy as a whole. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Cheers!<br>
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> Le Samedi 1 février 2014 8h52, "<a href="mailto:jolufuye@aficta.org">jolufuye@aficta.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:jolufuye@aficta.org">jolufuye@aficta.org</a>> a écrit :<br>
> I agree...<br>
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> Business in Africa that is gathering momentum will slow down drastically, job opportunities will diminish, youth restiveness will increase; and the much celebrated free flow of information will be a thing of the past.<br>
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> We must work to keep the Internet one.<br>
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>> Subject: Re:_[AfrICANN-discuss]_Fadi_Chehadé:_If_We_Fra<br>
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>> From: Nii Narku Quaynor <<a href="mailto:quaynor@ghana.com">quaynor@ghana.com</a>><br>
>> Date: Fri, January 31, 2014 7:59 pm<br>
>> To: Pierre Lotis NANKEP <<a href="mailto:lnankep@yahoo.fr">lnankep@yahoo.fr</a>>, AfrICANN list<br>
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>> On Jan 31, 2014, at 8:10, Pierre Lotis NANKEP <<a href="mailto:lnankep@yahoo.fr">lnankep@yahoo.fr</a>> wrote:<br>
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>>> For questions of sovereignty and geostrategy, requirement of a non-fragmented Internet in the future is a utopia.<br>
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>>> The only possible and justifiable reason for not having a fragmented Internet configuration is within a nation or state ..<br>
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>> ...and counties, provinces, federal states and districts within nations as well?<br>
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>> No. Africa would lose in a fragmented Internet<br>
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>>> Le Vendredi 31 janvier 2014 0h07, Victor Ndonnang <<a href="mailto:ndonnang@nvconsulting.biz">ndonnang@nvconsulting.biz</a>> a écrit :<br>
>>> No one wants a fragmented Internet…Interesting interview of the ICANN CEO about the importance of keeping the Internet One and Open.<br>
>>> <br>
>>> "If we cannot find a way to govern the Internet in an equal footing, in an open transparent way this year, we might descend into a fragmented version of the Internet," Chehadé said. "The moment we fragment the Internet it is possible there will be tariffs between borders, there will be rules... it will not be the internet as we know it."<br>
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>>> More on: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/24/fadi-chehade-davos_n_4635949.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false#sb=4156157,b=facebook">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/24/fadi-chehade-davos_n_4635949.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false#sb=4156157,b=facebook</a><br>
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>>> Victor Ndonnang.<br>
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