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To: axial who wrote (1593)	12/27/2000 12:36:22 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 46821

Jim, yes, that's a part of it in some qualified ways. I began posting to the same effect on the old board over a year ago, and on the Gilder thread, concerning what I coined the "PSTN emulation" of the Internet by the newly interested larger entities on ITU committees. Namely the legacy vendors (and those who purport not to be legacy vendors, but who suck up to the legacy carriers just the same) and the established carriers/PTTs who, at the time, saw that the Internet was not going to go away, and that it was indeed serious business. These purveyors saw how they could lose their lunch unless they took the reigns and began dominating the 'Net. Which, to a large degree, they have thus far. It remains to be seen if the end to end Internet can survive in the face of these influential players, as they continue to support islands of connectivity on their autonomous systems in ways that resemble private line networking. I know I'm getting of the current Pulver topic to some extent, but these are the issues I wrote about, back then. I've asked Jeff to stop in here to comment on the enum issues in his own words. FAC

To: axial who wrote (1593)	12/28/2000 12:38:11 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 46821

Hi Jim, Re: ICANN is the only authority with the power to create effective competition. Well, if this is the best the Internet community can muster against the ITU, then the battle is already lost. ICANN is one of the most despised contrivances around the net as far as I can tell. Congress, the Dept. of Commerce and various pundits and industry commentators are unanimous in their dismay with ICANN's imperious, anti-democratic and secretive ways. Not to mention the lousy decisions they've been known to come up with behind closed doors. JM2C, Ray PS: For a heartening tale of the wonders of the Net, read here: telegraph.co.uk