IP: Re: Does John Markoff know something we don't know re ITU

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 22:05:06 -0400
To: farber () cis upenn edu
From: "Richard J. Solomon" <richard () goodread com>




At 7:20 AM -0400 7/19/97, David Farber wrote:


> Network Solutions are now vying for recognition by the International
> Telecommunications Union, which governs the workings of the worldwide
> telecommunications network"
>
> I thought ITU was a "repository". John implies they are at the top.


In many countries (but not the U.S.) the ITU "recommendations" may be
equivalent to national law. The U.S. always takes exceptions to such treaty
matters, since it would require the approval of the U.S. Senate, and
besides, ITU recommendations are not always in the best interests of the
U.S., or at least the U.S. carriers that go to these meetings.


Also, there is no "s" on Telecommunications in ITU, but Markoff's copy
editor probably does not know that.


Richard