In a good-natured response to a blog post accusing him of digital Bonapartism, ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadi sent me a Christmas present, pictured above. We are forced to admit that with the proper attire, Bonapartism can be fun! But we still don't recommend it as a mode of Internet governance.
We now know more about what led to the impasse at the WCIT, and the scope of the fissure that it created. It is clear that nations will split 2 to 1 in favor of signing the ITR treaty. The majority of the signatories are the developing countries in Africa,...
When I stopped monitoring the WCIT process around 5:30 pm (CET) December 13, it appeared that the delegations were attempting to finalize something very close to a consensus document. The almost-final draft of the ITRs that I reviewed at that time did not mention the Internet by name at all...
The US Commerce Department has issued what it calls a set of "Internet Protocol Numbering Principles" December 3rd. In this post, we contrast the NTIA statement with the results of the Baku IGF workshop on IP numbering. The contrast shows that either the NTIA is out of touch with reality...
December 1st marks the beginning of the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai. Fussing about the threat to the Internet posed by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is reaching that state of critical mass where media outlets write about it mainly because other media outlets are writing about...
