RE: [ga] who owns the internet

["Cade,Marilyn S - LGA" <mcade@att.com>]

Is it, Jeff, or is it... common and simple courtesy to at least  spell names
correctly?  

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Williams [mailto:jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 11:42 PM
To: Cade,Marilyn S - LGA
Cc: 'Jefsey Morfin'; ga@dnso.org
Subject: Re: [ga] who owns the internet


MArilyn and all assembly members,

  Ah!  Please excuse my very egregious error!  How horrible of me!
Interesting nitpick however...

Cade,Marilyn S - LGA wrote:

> Jeff,  you might want to strive to at least spell my first name correctly.
>
> Marilyn
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Williams [mailto:jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 10:38 PM
> To: Cade,Marilyn S - LGA
> Cc: 'Jefsey Morfin'; ga@dnso.org
> Subject: Re: [ga] who owns the internet
>
> Marilyn and all assembly members,
>
> Cade,Marilyn S - LGA wrote:
>
> > I think there may be some confusion in the Jupiter Media Matrix comments
> > between the WWW and the Internet -- seeming to think they are one and
the
> > same.  Let's not confuse them here in this discussion-- particularly
since
> > the GA does in fact represent many of the more sophisticated Internet
> > stakeholders.
>
>   I am on vacation down here in  South Padre Is. but I could not let this
> somewhat misstatement pass until I returned.  The WWW IS PART of
> the internet Merilyn, there is no "Between" Merilyn.  So perhaps you
> are the one confused Merilyn. :(  However as a non-technical type
> and a lobbyist for AT&T, this is of course not surprising, and therefore
> understandable..
>
> >
> >
> > The Jupiter Media Matrix report also missed a key fact:   growth in the
> > number and the categories of web sites continues -- and while many use
the
> > term "Internet" and "WEB" interchangeably, they aren't the same thing.
> :-)
>
>   Again the "Web" or "World Wide Web" is PART of the internet, Merilyn.
>
> >
> >
> > As for 60% of users online time being "controlled" by 14 companies --
that
> > seems to ignore the amount of time users spend online sending and
> responding
> > to email -- still the most popular online activity, whether narrow band
or
> > broadband, at home or at work.
>
>   Finally and accurate statement.  Thank god!
>
> >
> >
> > As for what ICANN is responsible for, among it's other limited
> > responsibilities, ICANN is introducing competition in the delivery of
> > registration services; however, it has never had any oversight over the
> > content of Web sites, nor the infrastructure which makes up the
Internet.
> > And, frankly, I would think that we would all agree with that!
>
>   True!  However as you well know with your activities of late in the
> "BC" Business Constituency, it would seem that there is some strong
> propensity for content control or shall we say, censorship, by other
> members of the "BC" Business constituency of ICANN.  Indeed and
> unfortunate ongoing occurrence and/or event.
>
> >
> >
> > No one, not ICANN staff,ICANN board, nor ICANN stakeholders, wants to
turn
> > control of access to content and content on web sites,  over to anyone
> other
> > than themselves!  I would think that one of the general areas of
agreement
> > among the diverse ICANN stakeholder community.
>
>   Yes this comment as stated would be most likely correct.  To bad however
> it is not practiced by the ICANN staff, BOD or more importantly some
> of the ICANN "Constituencies"....
>
> >
> >
> > Marilyn
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jefsey Morfin [mailto:jefsey@wanadoo.fr]
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 1:53 PM
> > To: ga@dnso.org
> > Subject: [ga] who owns the internet
> >
> > "Big corporations have a significant and growing presence on the
Internet.
> > In March, just 14 companies controlled 60 percent of users' online time,
> > down from 110 companies two years earlier, Jupiter Media Metrix found.
> > Policy decisions and technological developments in the next year and
> beyond
> > could give big business even greater power in the online world."
> >
> > This shows the failure of the ICANN which was supposed to foster
> > competiton... I do not know if an other politic could have done better.
> But
> > this certainly explains the frustration of many.
> >
> > May be the author went confused with his words: "technical decisions for
> > political development"  would better explain the situation.
> >
> > Jefsey
> >
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> Regards,
> --
> Jeffrey A. Williams
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Regards,

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Jeffrey A. Williams
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CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng.
Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC.
E-Mail jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com
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