[Chapter-delegates] Fwd: Are We Breaking The Internet?

[Otieno Antony]

This point exposes the fallacy shared with many policy makers regarding Internet resource usage and affordability.

It starts with the assumption that the Internet is an open, free and neutral platform. It is not!

This is because many corporate make substantial amount of investment in the development and technological advancements evolving around the Internet.
Therefore, when advocating for these services, do not forget many stakeholders (government included) do consider sustainable development approach when offering solutions; both to the business and the consumers... They just don't develop.

Regards,

Otieno

On 7 Mar 2017 13:43, Brandt Dainow <brandt.dainow at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Just another example of how the ability to do things in a new way doesn't mean anyone will.  Cloud services were supposed to make service delivery more robust by avoiding a single point of failure.  Instead, all we have done is move the single point of failure to a new location.  There's nothing wrong in cloud services, provided they are implemented in a way which takes advantage of their new capabilities.  Instead, it appears Amazon gave no thought to the architectural requirements they needed to build into the system to generate the advantage people thought they were buying.
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> In reality, large companies like Facebook and Amazon are constructing proprietary closed systems on the foundation of an open internet.  It's like they are using the internet to restore the very thing it was designed to abolish.  Nothing threatens the future of the internet more than monopoly domination by closed systems.  This case is a clear example.
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> On 7 March 2017 at 00:22, Glenn McKnight <mcknight.glenn at gmail.com> wrote:
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