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I have to wonder how many of the members of government pushing this also happen to be shareholders of telecoms companies. (I long for the day somebody builds s
by lusr 14y ago
I have to wonder how many of the members of government pushing this also happen to be shareholders of telecoms companies. (I long for the day somebody builds such a graph of all influential people so such questions could easily be answered).
- jauer 14y agoOversimplified, The caller-pays model of telephone compensations was a way to funnel money from richer countries to poorer countries with government-owned telephone monopolies. This fell apart with the internet where the state telecoms had to pay for pipes to western carriers because they had all the desirable content. This situation with the ITU is all about recreating that money flow.