What's important is the basis on which the government acts.
In the public networks side, they act because they have the
exclusive authority under law, and they delegate the responsibility
to a third party. In the Internet arena, they act to facilitate
an industry-user arrangement, if at all. The result may be the same, but the difference is significant.
The above statement utterly confuses the general policies being encouraged for general Internet development, versus the specific policies pertaining to ccTLD administration.
There is universal desire for general Internet service to come from the private sector.
By contrast, there are very different views amongst different countries about the policies they wish to be in effect for administration of the ccTLD under their purview. Some are happy to have it administered on a for-profit basis by a private organization, some want one or another scheme.
However it is essential to realize that a) these countries have been delegated their authority from IANA, and b) the delegation is for the countries to choose their own administrative models, rather than requiring that the countries conform to particular country-oriented schemes.
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