Re: [ga] ITU & The great African internet robbery

[William X Walsh <william@wxsoft.info>]

This has nothing to do with the GA or ICANN.

Further, its a really lame argument.

If they don't want to receive emails from BT or AOL, then they should
configure their mail servers appropriate.

The way they describe it working, is the way it works worldwide, and
the way it should work.



Saturday, Saturday, April 20, 2002, 9:33:11 AM, DannyYounger@cs.com wrote:

> Excerpt:  

> Africa is being ripped off - to the tune of some $500m a year - simply for 
> hooking up to the World Wide Web, say Kenyan internet company chiefs.   
> According to Kenya's Internet Service Providers (ISP) Association, the 
> continent is being forced by Western companies to pay the full cost of 
> connecting to worldwide networks. 

> Chairman Richard Bell says this has led to the unfair exploitation of the 
> continent's young internet industry.   He says the problem is that 
> International Telecommunications Union regulations - which ensures the costs 
> of telephone calls between Africa and the West are split 50:50 - are not 
> being enforced with regard to the internet. 

> "British Telecom doesn't spend one single penny... America Online doesn't 
> spend one single cent in sending emails to Africa."   The total cost of any 
> email sent or received by an African internet user is borne entirely by 
> African ISPs, Mr Bell said on the BBC African service programme Talkabout 
> Africa. 

> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1931000/1931120.stm
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