[LINK] Governance of the Internet

[Adam Todd]

>Suggest reading http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc920.txt
>
>Yes, the gTLDs were open to anyone but were US centric and continue to be
>so.  There is a difference between the terms specific and centric, I use the
>term centric to be clear about the difference.  In practical terms the use,
>although open for .com and .net was US centric.  The context for the
>creation of the DNS must be remembered for this to be understood.  There
>just wasn't that much thought given to the international aspects at the
>time.  The creation and management itself was US centric.  It is only in
>recent years that more effort to make the DNS management international has
>occurred.

Fair view, I'll agree to the interpretation.

However, "default" doesn't denote that it's fact, just that it happened 
that way because of a limited view.  I'll agree with "centric" on this basis :)


Gotta blame someone for the problems :)  The US of A is as good as anyone :)