[Chapter-delegates] Draft ISOC comments on WGIG report

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At 11:30 AM 8/10/2005, Patrick Vande Walle wrote:
>On Wed, August 10, 2005 2:14, Franck Martin said:
> > Steve,
> >
> > I guess it predates ICANN, but putting such a statement in the WGIG
> > report implicates that there can be only 13 root servers and that's it.
> > So many countries cannot have a root server. I find this statement
> > highly misleading and in defavor of ICANN.
>
>Franck,
>
>The statement is technically correct. I think it would be much more
>positive for ISOC to point out how and when the technical community will
>address that weakness.

root server needs an IXP (Internet eXchange Point).

Brgds,
-teddy


>There may not be a technical reason to go beyond 13 root servers, but
>there are plenty of political reasons. The debate here is whether
>technologists are at the service of the society or if the society should
>use what the technologists think is good for them.
>
>Patrick
>
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