Hi SM, On 04/17/2017 10:04 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > I gather that you noticed the issue of which of the two local ISOCs is > the local chapter. One of them has links to a political party. >
Yes. > > Promoting the development of the internet also entails discussing about > those two issues. In doing that, Afrinic may have to work against the > interests of one of its members to do what is in the interests of users. > There seems to be a similar situation when the subject of ISP monopoly is raised with government bodies. > The price of internet access is a significant concern in the region as > the high cost acts as a barrier to access. I pointed out to the > government that it makes local small businesses uncompetitive in > comparison with small businesses from another country; I'll mention that > it was an issue for one of my local customers. > Yes. > > Did the newspaper consider that it could happen and take measures > against that? > I disclose that I work for a press group in Mauritius. I am not speaking on behalf of the newspaper. My opinion is that every newspaper in Mauritius should seriously consider the possibility of the government blocking them. > > Please see http://www.elandsys.com/~sm/govmu-org-domain-name-issues2.html > There does not seem to be any willingness from the government's side to get back gov.mu, unless I am unaware of government efforts. > [..] I put in a significant amount of time and effort to > bring that down to one-third of the initial cost. The forum failed > because the government assumed that everyone on the "committee" would > rubber-stamp whatever it said. > Yes. > > According to the Act, the minister appoints its members. There isn't > any information about the members of that committee on the regulator's > web site. Are you worried because the committee will do the bidding of > the government? > Not only that. I worry that actions of the committee could be politically motivated. I draw my conclusions from what happened with the board of the ICT Authority. Regards, -- Ish Sookun I drink coffee and manage Linux servers for lexpress.mu. _______________________________________________ Community-Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss
