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Originally posted by SkyFox2
Anyhow, I don't see why this is a big deal to them. The International community is basically getting a handout, and isn't having to finacially support the maitenace and staffing necessary to run those Route Servers. If we gave them control, they'd have to fork up cash needed for other things just to do it. This may be an instance where it's logical to say "be careful what you wish for."
Originally posted by NWguy83
It's our's, not yours. Would you give us your home if we begged for it? No you wouldn't.
Originally posted by AnAbsoluteCreation
Again I repeat. CERN in switzerland invented the WWW. Not USA. The Pentagon if I am again remember correctly had set up a networking device in the event that a nuclear war erupted. They were under the impression that the coutry that could communicate the quickest afterwards would rise to the top. It was only an inner computer networking device that they invented. The world wide web was invented by scientists in Switzerland. And yes, we are trying to monopolize the policing for our own desires. Obviously a good tactic if you're a greedy, paranoid nation as we are.
Originally posted by stumason
As I said, it is merely de facto control you guys have because the large international carriers, such as MCI and Sprint, plus the big vendors such as Nortel and Cisco are all based in N. America. there is no reason, however, why our network here would not continue to function if the US vanished overnight.
Originally posted by SkyFox2
I wasn't claiming the US actually "controls" the Internet, Glastonaut. In fact, I thought I made it relatively clear that I didn't view it in that light. You're insinuating I believe something when I indirectly stated I do not.
Originally posted by SkyFox2
However, the United States will not surrender control of the Internet as it's their own creation
Originally posted by SkyFox2
If we gave them control, they'd have to fork up cash needed for other things
Originally posted by SkyFox2
The United States of America is in fact doing the other nations of the world, and the citizens there of, a favor. I don’t see how you can argue against that, or why you would feel the need to.
Originally posted by Teknikal
DNS servers are not important yeah they making find pages easier by name instead of ip but you can still type the ip directly into the browser and bypass dns alltogether