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Re:Duffy and Cruz Introduce the Protecting Internet Freedom Act by hueving on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @08:05PM (#11866696)
The UK does own it's telecom systems. If I want a phone number that works in the UK, it's going to be via a UK telecom.

Nobody is saying you can't setup a router or networks on your own. But if you want addressing from ICANN, a US company, you have to play by US rules.

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Re:Duffy and Cruz Introduce the Protecting Internet Freedom Act by noir_lord on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @08:09PM (#11866719)
> The UK does own it's telecom systems.

I know I used to work in telecomms, my point was that having the first system doesn't mean we should control the ITU in perpetum.

In fact the ITU model is a good example of a model that would work here, the UN runs that and I can ring a phone in America or Azerbaijan.

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Re:Duffy and Cruz Introduce the Protecting Internet Freedom Act by hueving on Thursday June 09, 2016 @12:25AM (#11867532)
That model doesn't work when we all share the same root name servers. I don't want a majority vote of a bunch of oppressive countries to be able to strip a website of its domain because it has an offensive joke on it.
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