<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear
Elizabeth,<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I wanted to
provide some inputs to the Background paper, in two parts. First some thoughts
I would like to share with you, and then some adjustment proposals for the
document.<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">During
WTDC-17, I think it will be extremely important to evaluate the existing
technological deployments in terms of availability and use of the available
infrastructure, in order to determine if those who have access are consuming
all the existing resources, or if we require more, or If we are constrained by
existing models of marketing of Internet services, which also limit access to
new beneficiaries, meaning more connected users.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">About costs
of Internet services, at least in most of the countries of our region, they Telecom
Operators still present very high costs in fixed broadband services. Services
that ideally should arrive with appropriate speeds to the houses of the users,
at affordable prices. Perhaps one of the reasons for this slow progress has to
do with the deceptive penetration of mobile telephony, which has allowed access
to high-speed Internet Services (HSPA, LTE), but in a very limited and unaffordable
way.<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">In the same
vein, it is necessary to evaluate traditional marketing models, where quotas
are still applied with costs per Mbyte transmitted, instead of offering
unlimited transmission services, with adequate speeds and at affordable prices.
In other words, what good is it to have 4G mobile systems with speeds of 20, 30
or 60 Mbps, if I'm going to have a limited information capacity to transfer
(such as 50 Mbytes per day). For that it is preferable to have lower speeds (3
or 4 Mbps), but that have no limit on the transmitted information.<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Finally, it
is important to make the delegates understand that due to the importance of the
Internet in our lives, the bisectorial approach (government-operators) is no
longer enough to define an effective Internet development agenda in our
countries. On the contrary, it is vital to increase the number of countries
where different actors, particularly governments, promote multi-stakeholder
dialogue processes to generate adequate inputs in decision-making.<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">These two
aspects would imply the following proposed adjustments that I prepare for your
consideration:<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">In the
section <b>Internet Society’s Objectives</b>:<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">First
bullet paragraph:<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">In Buenos Aires, we intend to deliver our
key messages on “Access and Trust” in support of our Strategic Objectives. We
will not only advocate the key principles in our Enabling Environment Framework
and the Multistakeholder Approach for Internet development but invite
governments to fully commit to these approaches to ensure that Internet growth
continues and meets the goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Proposal of
adjustment for First bullet paragraph:<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">In Buenos Aires, we intend to deliver our
key messages on “Access and Trust” in support of our Strategic Objectives. We
will not only advocate the key principles in our Enabling Environment Framework
and the Multistakeholder Approach for Internet development but invite
governments to fully commit to these approaches, particularly in those
countries where does not have National Internet Governance Forums, to ensure
that Internet growth continues and meets the goals of the United Nations 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Proposal to
include a new bullet paragraph (after the one above).<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">Related to Infrastructure, delegates will be
encouraged to perform an evaluation about the existing infrastructure and
current state of use, with the purpose of analyzing if more users can be
connected sooner, and what are the difficulties to do it, and particularly
analyze the current models of commercialization of services, as probable cause
for this limitation.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US">Those are my suggestions Elizabeth,
I hope you find them useful.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US">Best regards,<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US">Roberto Zambrana<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US">Chair<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US">ISOC Bolivia Chapter<span></span></span></p></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2017-07-28 15:57 GMT-04:00 Elizabeth Oluoch <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oluoch@isoc.org" target="_blank">oluoch@isoc.org</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="white" lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_-407410169018085966WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Dear Chapter Leaders,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">The ITU World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-17) is taking place in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 9-20 October, 2017. As a Sector Member of the ITU Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D), ISOC will be participating. As part of our preparations, we have developed a <a href="https://isoc.box.com/v/WTDC17-background-paper-review" target="_blank">Draft WTDC-17 Background Paper</a> that is intended to provide an overview of the conference and outline ISOC’s main objectives for the conference. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">We invite you to read the draft paper and provide any comments/feedback by <b><u>Monday, August 7th</u></b>. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Please note that the paper is intended as an informational paper, particularly for audiences that are less familiar with the conference. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">We welcome and appreciate your input on the paper which is located in the Box link below. Please either include any input using the Box comment feature or send them directly to <b><a href="mailto:Oluoch@isoc.org" target="_blank">Oluoch@isoc.org</a></b>.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light""><a href="https://isoc.box.com/v/WTDC17-background-paper-review" target="_blank">https://isoc.box.com/v/WTDC17-<wbr>background-paper-review</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Thank you. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Elizabeth <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Elizabeth Oluoch<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Policy Advisor<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Internet Society<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Direct: <a href="tel:(703)%20439-2138" value="+17034392138" target="_blank">+1 703 439 2138</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light""><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div>
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