The Wall Street Journal Discusses Threat to Global Interconnectivity
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January 19, 2006 - In Endangered Domain: In Threat to Internet´s Clout, Some Are Starting Alternatives today´s Wall Street Journal examines the creation of rivals to the Internet as we know it.
I recommend reading the article in its entirety. It´s a fascinating piece about the "what" and "why" of Internet politics and power.
According to the Journal, some concerns include:
- The slowness of ICANN to create non-Roman language domain names (China).
- Distrust of the Bush administration and its foreign policy; fear of the U.S. Government´s ability to incapacitate the Internet communications of another country´s military and government (Open Root Server Network or ORSN founder, Markus Grundmann).
- Desire for greater commercial freedom and innovation (UnifiedRoot´s managing director, Eric Seeboldt).
