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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A title=isolatedn@gmail.com
href="mailto:isolatedn@gmail.com">Sivasubramanian
Muthusamy</A> said:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> One question: If Telcos are not interested
in the grid, wouldn't there be other infrastructure players interested in the
grid? If non-traditional players set their eyes on the Grid with one of the
new business models (for e.g Google's business model or a social networking
portal's business model) it would be all the more to the disadvantage to the
Telcos.</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT: 10pt arial">Indeed. But without Telcos, there is no
Internet. The wisest way about this, is to establish concensus with the Telcos
involved, and this is likely to bring some concessions from both sides. With new
bandwidth hungry services, there seems to be a chasm opening up between legacy
operators & new entrants. This needs to be bridged. How? Through
negotiation. Today, each side is making its own stance known, however extreme.
Examples abound about one-sided actions. Ideally, there should be a deal struck
by all parties. I hope that this will be possible.<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Better be late than
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<DIV dir=ltr><BR>>policy change seems to take so long. Ultimately, there is
enough collective <BR>>for the right decision to be taken. Make sure it
stays that way. <BR><BR>Why? Shouldn't the Internet policy be rather
adaptable? Shouldn't the the technical architecture be engineered to
accommodate constant improvements? Or is there something that I have missed in
this point?</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>"wisdom" is the word missing from your quote. Collective wisdom.
Policies will adapt with time, but only collective wisdom should prevail. I am
saying: make sure collective wisdom remains the leading force in the concensus.
I agree with your points.</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>And what about user-centricity? And user participation in shaping
the Internet? Internet as a global infrastructure owned by none? Or by owned
by the User?</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Define "Internet". Define "own". Are we speaking infrastructure?
Equipment? Data? Information? Services? Web sites? Intellectual property?
Subscribers? Do we really need to define who owns what?</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>As for user-centricity & participation in shaping the Internet,
IETF, ISOC & ICANN's ALAC seem to be good channels. Of course, there are
others which need to be explored.</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Good luck,</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>O.</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>-- <BR>Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond, Ph.D.<BR>E-mail:<<A
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