HoustonChronicle.Com - Internet Shift Leads To Concern

HoustonChronicle.Com - Internet Shift Leads To Concern

U.S. decision on control might split the network

By MATT MOORE
Associated Press

FRANKFURT, GERMANY - A unilateral decision by the United States to indefinitely retain oversight of the Internet’s main traffic-directing computers prompted concerns Friday that the global telecommunications network could eventually splinter.

“This seems like an extension of American security in the aftermath of 9/11,” said John Strand, a Denmark-based technology consultant. “People will ask: ‘Do the Americans want to control the Internet?’ “

3 July, 2005 |

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