Thanks, Bill for that posting. It tells a very different story than the "US propagandish" article that started this thread.
I do take issue with statements attributing almost wholly to "the private sector" the international growth of the Internet, when in fact it wouldn't have been possible without the active participation of governments, including huge public asset transfers to "the private sector" through "privatizations," and government "licensing" and "regulations" that disproportionately benefit "the private sector" against "the general public." Brazil and the US are no exception, but rather the rule, each one in its own way. BTW, in this case "the private sector" is "too many people." In reality, the Telco world is one of the most "concentrated," so we're not talking about "free enterprise" here by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, it's what the Mexican "Street Philosopher" Manuel de Landa calls "anti-markets:" http://www.alamut.com/subj/economics/de_landa/antiMarkets.html Best Regards | Cordiales Saludos | Grato, Andrés L. Pacheco Sanfuentes <[email protected]> +1 (817) 271-9619 On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Bill Woodcock <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sep 18, 2013, at 9:40 AM, Bill Woodcock <[email protected]> wrote: >> Well, there are a bunch of different concepts being discussed. The primary >> one is localization of routing, which isn't just possible, it's >> best-practice, and something Brazil has been doing an excellent job of >> already for quite a few years… > > David asked me to write this up in a bit more detail, with links to > references, et cetera: > > http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/9/20/brazil-internet-dilmarousseffnsa.html > > "Despite the clear benefits of these developments for Brazilians, their > government's statements have been shrilly and incorrectly branded as extreme > and decried as Soviet socialism by some US media. This is largely due to a > misimpression that what Brazil is doing is cutting itself off from the > Internet or balkanizing the Internet -- when in reality, it's building more > Internet faster." et cetera. > > -Bill > > > > > > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of > list guidelines will get you moderated: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, > change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at > [email protected]. -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected].
