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November 16, 2005

U.S. Maintains Control of the Internet

To Kick off the WSIS, an agreement on Internet Governance has been reached. US- based Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will continue as the main governing body of the global computer network, but the agreement leaves the door open for future discussions.

Read what the International Press has to say about the Internet Governance Agreement...

US Retains Control of Internet Traffic System (Deutsche Welle)

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1780970,00.html

Compromise on overseeing Internet opens World Summit on Information Society (National Post, Canada)

http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=ec6b1cbc-17a0-44a9-9521-8b20cd4f820e

More talk on net's future (BBC)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4442336.stm

Posted by Buzz Webster at November 16, 2005 03:31 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

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