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Re:Leaked Documents Show the U.N.'s Internet Power Grab... by trebuch3t on Tuesday June 19, 2012 @11:37AM (#4132379)
The issue is less about the UN trying to take control of Internet authority, it is more about what seems to be growing discontent with the US having all of the control. See the Chinese RFC about "internal internets" mentioned yesterday.

This seems to come up every few years ago, then there's buzz about it, and then everyone realizes that the Internet works just fine and everything goes back to normal.

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Re:Leaked Documents Show the U.N.'s Internet Power Grab... by grecy on Tuesday June 19, 2012 @02:07PM (#4133249)
> the Internet works just fine.

From a technology standpoint, sure.

From a jurisdiction, big brother, we hold all the power standpoint, the current setup of "the Internet" is dysfunctional at best.

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Re:Leaked Documents Show the U.N.'s Internet Power Grab... by TazeTSchnitzel on Tuesday June 19, 2012 @01:13PM (#4132920)
Sorry to be pedantic; it was an Internet Draft, which anyone can submit, not an IETF RFC.
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Re:Leaked Documents Show the U.N.'s Internet Power Grab... by rmc on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @08:23AM (#4136618)
The USA has started throwing it's weight around w.r.t. .com namespace. People are starting to realise that's not right.
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