Comments on: What is Internet Liberalisation and Why Should you Care? http://www.cornwallseo.com/search/2009/06/16/what-is-internet-liberalisation-and-why-should-you-care/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:04:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jim Fleming http://www.cornwallseo.com/search/2009/06/16/what-is-internet-liberalisation-and-why-should-you-care/comment-page-1/#comment-72434 Jim Fleming Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:15:32 +0000 http://www.cornwallseo.com/search/?p=844#comment-72434 Times have changed, one can not easily compare the current Internet to the Wild West days of the early Internet… When ICANN was formed, most people obtained their DNS resolutions from servers buried deep inside a small cartel’s data centers. The client and server software was tightly controlled by the cartel. If ISPs deviated from using the cartel’s code they were strong-armed out of business. An ISP’s traffic would be black-holed by members of the cartel. The cartel supported themselves via what they called “Internet Governance”. They would obtain large blocks of routable IP address space via some non-profit sham they set up and then sell/lease or transfer the address space to commercial companies for payments under the table. In some cases, the U.S. Government also funded the members of the cartel via grants to their non-profits, universities, etc. ISPs were shaken down for money when they attempted to obtain routable address space, which was tightly tied to the DNS (in-addr.ARPA). Some people saw the corruption. Since the Internet was growing and was viewed as “a good thing”, people assumed they could fix the corruption by buying time. ICANN was created to buy time. Many changes have been made to try to clean up some of the corruption. One of the most important changes has been education. The DNS software and protocols were studied by many people and now there are many more sources of “code”. Another change has been the establishment of corporations to help contain the corruption or help to expose it. The cartel has adapted to control those corporations. Technologists continue to try to come up with solutions to try to level playing fields and end the corruption. The hope has been that the free markets would adopt the improved technology and that the U.S. Government would try to keep the cartel(s) in check while new technology is tested and deployed. Some of the changes are: 1. Modern DNS software does not use any root servers. 2. TLDs can be automatically selected based on DLD** voting. http://www.icann.org/en/comments-mail/icann-current/msg00342.html 3. The next generation Internet architecture places an intelligent “Node” at each home/office. The network simply connects the Nodes without getting in the way. It will be interesting to see how ICANN delays new TLDs for more changes to happen. The NSF is funding the GENI project to start over. That will take time. Also, the .COM RE-BID will take time. ICANN will likely claim nothing can be added with all of the new changes coming, that they do not control. The cartel continues to game mostly the IANA and RIR “tasks”. The domain names have always been used by the cartel as a source of revenue and also as a **distraction** to keep regulators from looking closely at the IP Address Spectrum Allocation corruption. **==== DLD Voting from 1999 ==== 10514 INC 9264 ONLINE 7288 NET 6472 USA 4481 GROUP 4101 WEB 3891 TECH 3077 UK 2762 DESIGN 2570 SYSTEMS 2542 IT 2415 US Times have changed, one can not easily compare the current Internet to the Wild West days of the early Internet…

When ICANN was formed, most people obtained their DNS resolutions from servers buried deep inside a small cartel’s data centers. The client and server software was tightly controlled by the cartel. If ISPs deviated from using the cartel’s code they were strong-armed out of business. An ISP’s traffic would be black-holed by members of the cartel.

The cartel supported themselves via what they called “Internet Governance”. They would obtain large blocks of routable IP address space via some non-profit sham they set up and then sell/lease or transfer the address space to commercial companies for payments under the table. In some cases, the U.S. Government also funded the members of the cartel via grants to their non-profits, universities, etc. ISPs were shaken down for money when they attempted to obtain routable address space, which was tightly tied to the DNS (in-addr.ARPA).

Some people saw the corruption. Since the Internet was growing and was viewed as “a good thing”, people assumed they could fix the corruption by buying time. ICANN was created to buy time. Many changes have been made to try to clean up some of the corruption. One of the most important changes has been education. The DNS software and protocols were studied by many people and now there are many more sources of “code”. Another change has been the establishment of corporations to help contain the corruption or help to expose it. The cartel has adapted to control those corporations.

Technologists continue to try to come up with solutions to try to level playing fields and end the corruption. The hope has been that the free markets would adopt the improved technology and that the U.S. Government would try to keep the cartel(s) in check while new technology is tested and deployed.

Some of the changes are:

1. Modern DNS software does not use any root servers.

2. TLDs can be automatically selected based on DLD** voting.
http://www.icann.org/en/comments-mail/icann-current/msg00342.html

3. The next generation Internet architecture places an intelligent “Node” at each home/office. The network simply connects the Nodes without getting in the way.

It will be interesting to see how ICANN delays new TLDs for more changes to happen. The NSF is funding the GENI project to start over. That will take time. Also, the .COM RE-BID will take time. ICANN will likely claim nothing can be added with all of the new changes coming, that they do not control.

The cartel continues to game mostly the IANA and RIR “tasks”. The domain names have always been used by the cartel as a source of revenue and also as a **distraction** to keep regulators from looking closely at the IP Address Spectrum Allocation corruption.

**==== DLD Voting from 1999 ====
10514 INC
9264 ONLINE
7288 NET
6472 USA
4481 GROUP
4101 WEB
3891 TECH
3077 UK
2762 DESIGN
2570 SYSTEMS
2542 IT
2415 US

]]> By: Mouli Cohen http://www.cornwallseo.com/search/2009/06/16/what-is-internet-liberalisation-and-why-should-you-care/comment-page-1/#comment-72433 Mouli Cohen Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:40:35 +0000 http://www.cornwallseo.com/search/?p=844#comment-72433 I feel like this opens a lot of new doors, but it's a lot like opening up a messy closet. Soon we'll have way too many TLDs. I can see this really getting out of hand. I feel like this opens a lot of new doors, but it’s a lot like opening up a messy closet. Soon we’ll have way too many TLDs. I can see this really getting out of hand.

]]> By: Adam C http://www.cornwallseo.com/search/2009/06/16/what-is-internet-liberalisation-and-why-should-you-care/comment-page-1/#comment-72430 Adam C Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:46:50 +0000 http://www.cornwallseo.com/search/?p=844#comment-72430 Interesting topic and nice summary of views. To be honest, I hadn't given this much thought since writing about it on <a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/2585-how-the-new-tlds-could-impact-your-search-rankings" rel="nofollow">econsultancy here</a> about a year ago. Interesting topic and nice summary of views. To be honest, I hadn’t given this much thought since writing about it on econsultancy here about a year ago.

]]> By: Ian Wortley http://www.cornwallseo.com/search/2009/06/16/what-is-internet-liberalisation-and-why-should-you-care/comment-page-1/#comment-72428 Ian Wortley Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:27:44 +0000 http://www.cornwallseo.com/search/?p=844#comment-72428 I don't see much benefit to be honest. I can already use mod_rewrite to change my php or asp pages to ".anything I like". Google and the other search engines want to provide relevant results. They use the number of links and usage of those links along with the text in them to help them determine if a site is relevant. Having a company tld just says that I can afford a tld. It says nothing about relevance. I work with recruitment a lot. Which is better? .jobsite.com/medical.asp or .jobsite.com/medical.jobs or .jobsite.jobs/medical.asp or .jobsite.jobs/medical.jobs I look at the last one and go all funny inside. I want it... but it's getting a bit spammy in my opinion. That said isn't all SEO spam at the end of the day? It's about pushing things to the furthest extreme before getting penalised. I don’t see much benefit to be honest. I can already use mod_rewrite to change my php or asp pages to “.anything I like”.
Google and the other search engines want to provide relevant results. They use the number of links and usage of those links along with the text in them to help them determine if a site is relevant. Having a company tld just says that I can afford a tld. It says nothing about relevance.

I work with recruitment a lot. Which is better? .jobsite.com/medical.asp or
.jobsite.com/medical.jobs or
.jobsite.jobs/medical.asp or
.jobsite.jobs/medical.jobs

I look at the last one and go all funny inside. I want it… but it’s getting a bit spammy in my opinion. That said isn’t all SEO spam at the end of the day? It’s about pushing things to the furthest extreme before getting penalised.

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