<joke> Well, if they wanted to, they could go low cost and set up BBS's all over their country and start their own, or join fidonet to join the entire thing together. Then they could have interplanetary BRE and LordNet. It would be relatively cheap, just need computers, modems and phone lines. </joke>
On 11/16/05, Nestor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I do not think that any country would be willing to create their own > internet because it is too > expensive. > > Nestor :-) > > On 11/16/05, Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Christian Seberino wrote: > > > I heard a good argument (I think) of why US should control > > > the Internet and wanted to know if the smart & good > > > people of KPLUG agreed..... > > > > .com, .org, .net etc are U.S. tld's and should remain under the control > > of the U.S. > > .fr can be under French control and they can ban all the > > illinoisnazi.fr<http://illinoisnazi.fr> > <http://illinoisnazi.fr> > > domains they want. > > Same with Canada and .ca, Iran with an .ir, .be can continue giving away > > domain names to their hearts content. > > > > The tld system was setup that way for a reason, as far as I know. I see > > no reason to change it. > > > > As far as IP number assignment, it seems to have worked out ok under the > > current system, IANA, RIPE, etc. I can't think of a compelling reason to > > change that either. > > > > -ajb > > > > > > -- > > [email protected] > > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > -- Gossamer Axe [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
