[chapter-delegates] [Fwd: Re: [IGOVAP]Bangladesh .bd issue]

[Franck Martin]

FYI about ISOC BD

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Subject: 	Re: [IGOVAP]Bangladesh .bd issue
Date: 	Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:49:30 -0800 (PST)
From: 	Miraj Khaled <techiemik at yahoo.com>
To: 	Budi Rahardjo <rahard at gmail.com>, igovap at mail.apdip.net



there are quite some industry groups. I believe Mr.
Ershad Chowdhury infact represents one of the
association- the ISP Association of Bangladesh. There
are also the Computer and Software industry
associations. the ISOC Bangladesh chapter would have
been a good choice, but unfortunately it is almost
non-existent in it's presence/activities in
Bangladesh. Mr. Hakikur Rahman's organization
Sustainable Development Networking Project 'could' be
a good alternative .bd operator [as they are also
behind the BD Internet Exchange - BDIX] and they have
good technical/operational background. But this would
need broad consensus and unprecedented cooperation
between all the industry players. There is already
another Internet Exchange promoted by another group.
It is anybody's guess what good two Internet Exchanges
would do for Bangladesh! Anyway BTTB [the incumbent
.bd operator and monopoly telco in landphone sector]
is supposed to be made into a public corporation at
which time the whole internet and telecom regulatory
approach in the country should hopefully be modified
into a more market (and more importantly Consumer)
friendly way. And as you mentioned the future
development in the arena [Enum, SIP, WI-Fi Phones,
VoIP] etc. would force new thinking anyway.

Hoping for a better Info-Communication future for
Bangladesh!!


miraj


--- Budi Rahardjo <rahard at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 23:36:33 -0800 (PST), Miraj
> Khaled
> <techiemik at yahoo.com> wrote:
> ...
> > **That is what I have said basically in my email.
> As I
> > said, BTRC (regulator) should be acting as an
> > arbitrator in resolving the issue in the interest
> of
> > creating a robust domestic internet industry and
> > promoting greater interaction and competition in
> the
> > market.
> ...
> 
> Is there a user-based / community-based / industry
> association
> in Bangladesh? Perhaps cooperation / persuation from
> this community 
> is more effective than asking (yet) another
> government-oriented
> agency to help.
> In our Eastern culture, direct confrontation usually
> doesn't do
> any good. :(
> 
> Would it be possible to offer technical support to
> the current
> .BD manager? For example by doing a secondary
> outside Bangladesh.
> Historically, the primary of our .ID was running of
> a server in
> a university in Australia. We grew step-by-step.
> Now we are running our own shows, although we still
> have secondaries
> outside Indonesia - just on the safe side.
> 
> Is there a local group that is capable to run and
> manage (technical
> and non-technical aspect) of running the .BD domain?
> How do you prove that?
> 
> Another approach would be to create a "shadow .BD"
> domain,
> eg. register under other gTLD :), eg BD.net, BD.org,
> BD....something.
> Perhaps this can be used as an exercise in
> running/managing a domain.
> (There are plenty of technical and non-technical
> issues to resolve.)
> 
> I hope this problem can be resolved internally in
> Bangladesh.
> If you need our help, just drop us email(s).
> 
> Regards
> -- budi





=====
Miraj Khaled
============
techiemik at yahoo.com
mindexplorer.blogspot.com

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