This seems like beneficial evolution from central authority to multiple
authorities, and in the future probably to the truly decentralized
personal level, as technology advancements begin to support smaller
entities controlling their own namespaces and the routing.
The Internet was never like broadcast ether, it was just presented that
way. Imagine if the air was subject to the mechanics of the Internet:
you talk to several people in the room, but some can't hear you, because
the air operator didn't feel like it. You act surprised, indignated, and
then you complain to the government. All because of your own ignorance
about how the air works, and your own gullibility to buy into the air
marketing.
Internet is not like air, and will never be. Decentralization is a good
thing, and the sooner the public perception of the Internet gets closer
to reality, the better.
Of course, the newly empowered fiefdoms will never agree to further
delegate the authority to their subjects, but it will happen to them as
it happened to ICANN. Expect to see the exodus of Internet luminaries
parasiting on the current centralized system into new subdomains. That's
where the money is.
take place in a manner which would "Support and enhance the
multistakeholder model". This should be seen in the context
of the USG's statement to the
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