Unfortunately I don't have more time to comment on this thread, but briefly:
* The Internet is used for many things, including commerce.
* This doesn't mean that noncommercial uses of the Internet should be
disregarded.
* I don't like being thought of as a faceless consumer.
* It's fine to look at the history of the Internet and see how it developed
under ARPA/IPTO, etc., however since they are not providing the funding
for the bulk of the net's operation and technology development, I don't
know how it will help resolving issues such as what ICANN or NSI should or
should not be doing.
* I'm not convinced that government oversight (USG or otherwise) will solve
the problems with NSI, ICANN, etc. After all, it was under USG oversight
that a lot of the problems came to be.
--gregbo
