UN controlling the internet?

[Ath0s]

Came across this article:

http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1066565743698&p=1012571727102

I never heard this before. It doesn't sound like it would be a good thing to me.

[AndrewLubinus89]

as a republican (and lover of decentralized government) I hope it will never be, the last thing we need is the government (much less the un) to control the internet.

[hard candy]

I think right now there is a consortium that controls the standards for the programming, etc called W3. The content is what the government would like to control. And that is what we need to fight against.

[AndrewLubinus89]

Originally posted by hard candy
I think right now there is a consortium that controls the standards for the programming, etc called W3. T
I wonder if w3m is called that because of that.

[El_Cu_Guy]

I think right now there is a consortium that controls the standards for the programming, etc called W3.

The World Wide Web* Consortium (W3C)

About the W3C (http://www.w3.org/Consortium/#mission)

*= Please do not be one of those retards that can't seem to distinguish the WWW from the Internet. Web vs Internet (http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm?term=Webvs%2EInternet)

I wonder if w3m is called that because of that.

???

[hard candy]

The link to Internet vs Web is no longer there. As far as I know the Web operates on top of the Internet. The internet is sort of like the "big pipe" with smaller "pipes" branching off.The internet includes the Web, email, peer filesharing, newsgroups, BBS, usenet, some university/institution/corporate channels/bandwidth, military/government channels/bandwidth, streaming radio/video., and probably some other stuff I can't remember. Also, there is the Internet2 which has more bandwidth. It is used exclusively for military/government/university/institutional/corporate file transfer and information transfer.
Some interesting links:

The Internet:The Big Picture (http://navigators.com/internet_architecture.html)

What the Internet Is-And How to Stop Mistaking It For Something Else (http://worldofends.com/)

Nader wants internet control-2001 (http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,41106,00.html)

ICANN-what they want to replace (http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?ICANN)
Some Very Interesting Connections (http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/Devices_Connected_to_the_Internet/)

[MartinB]

Simply:
The Internet is the world-wide network itself.
The World Wide Web is a service that is provided via the Internet.
Any network service can be provided via the Internet, it just so happens that the web is by far one of the most popular and well-known.

[El_Cu_Guy]

The link to Internet vs Web is no longer there.

Actually it is. Go to techweb.com/encyclopedia and type World Wide Web in the search field. Then click the link Web vs Internet.

[hard candy]

Actually it is. Go to techweb.com/encyclopedia and type World Wide Web in the search field. Then click the link Web vs Internet.
Oh, I didn't see that part. :)

[aNoob]

one thing we don't need is internet being controlled by corporates.Can you imagine internet being controlled by Microsoft?

[MartinB]

I doubt we'd be here if they did. Any single entity having control of the Internet would destroy most of what's great about the Internet. Fortunately, that can never happen.

[AndrewLubinus89]

Originally posted by El_Cu_Guy



??? [/B]

You know, the little text web browser for linux.

[Lostman]

Maybe they'll run the internet like the Oil for Food program and let France, Germany and Russia control it and lease it out to the poor countries of the world for a large profit.