[Chapter-delegates] Shutdown of Skype on our Mobile Broadband Internet Access

[Christian de Larrinaga]

Both approaches are important in my view.

On one hand there is a need for a dialogue to explain and establish
principles of open communications infrastructure  as the bedrock for
level playing fields for all services and applications even economies.

On the other hand the world does not enjoy open communications
infrastructure today and so this is a "sell" task. It is not enough to
say the world is round when people's day to day horizons are flat.  So
with telecoms if people expect voice service to pay for infrastructure
and to pay into the world's exchequers and continue to do so they will
need some comfort that the extinguishing of such services will continue
to provide revenue stream. Even better if that stream can be shown to be
significantly expanded.

Evidence based policy requires evidence. No?


Christian

Dr. Alejandro Pisanty Baruch wrote:
> It seems to me that the level of the discussion to be undertaken in Ghana and the Gambia does not depend on a filigree of economic and other studies as much as on clear, solid arguments on basic Internet principles that these Chapters and their members can use both educating the regulators/governments, debating with the telcos, raising awareness in their community, and starting massive, viral campaigns should they choose so.
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