Re: [wg-c] reposted for Harald Tveit Alvestrand

[Paul Garrin <pg@name-space.com>]

>Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote:
> >Milton, I think you're wrong.
> >Note the words you yourself used to describe the telephone system situation:
> >
> >At 18:57 18.12.99 -0500, Milton Mueller wrote:
> >>I wrote my dissertation on the days when
> >>there were competing, non-interconnected telephone systems (1894-1925) and
> >>society faced the same basic debate raised by Karl: is it better to 
> >>encourage the growth of competing systems, at the price of a fragmented 
> >>telephone calling
> >>universe, or to have a monopoly telephone system, which integrates the
> calling
> >>universe but has to be regulated and is less likely to be innovative?
> >
> >Note especially *non-interconnected, competing systems*, and *fragmented 
> >telephone calling universe*.
> >
> >If we break apart the Internet, multiple roots are feasible.
> >But we should recognize that this is exactly what we're doing when 
> >introducing multiple, non-cooperating roots: Breaking apart the Internet.
> >But then it's no longer the Internet. And that's *still* a technical issue.
> >
> >You know what we chose for telephones. The ITU and the FCC are (in part) 
> >parts of is the result.
> >
> >                        Harald
> >--
> >Harald Tveit Alvestrand, EDB Maxware, Norway
> >Harald.Alvestrand@edb.maxware.no

There is no need to fragment the internet.  Multiple roots
can and should exist, but must be coordinated.  This is not
only technically possible, but necessary to provide for the
inevitable scaling of the system in line with the commercial
development of the net.  Those who advocate fragmentation,
especially those with the technical competence to develop
the means to implement a coordinated and decentralized
root system are as irresponsible as are those who stand in the
way of the necessary development that will make fragmentation
a non-issue.  We don't need the FCC or the ITU to do this.
What we do need are competent engineers to build it and
the necessary investment to fund it.

Paul Garrin
Founder/CEO
Name.Space, Inc.