---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Amelia Andersdotter <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 11:06 AM Subject: IGF MAG Connecting the next Billion Re: Allied Fiber Status?
Dear all, The IGF MAG has a view to producing a policy paper with recommendations for how to connect the next billion. Initial support for "effective competition" seems weak, and they will gather public opinions in May according to the time frame proposed. Not to mention the MAG has AT&T and Verizon included, while challenger ISPs from Europe that I've encountered witness that they don't see the point really of engaging with the UN. Civil society is focused on community networks, where for instance in Europe, we see that actors that are community networks make a big and relevant difference in markets where effective competition is not effectively enforced. I pointed out that the EU is a good example of how effective competition when enforced or not enforced is helpful to infrastructure investments, upon which the plan included details on "regional specificities". I'm not sure if this somehow counter-balances the idea that Europe is a quite good point of reference for competition/non-competition in poor and rich countries. Could/should we try and make some form of submission in this process? I already pinged ECTA about it, although they would of course be considered a "regional player". best regards, Amelia -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/
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