And so it ends, it seems. The agreement reached in Tunis on Tuesday and reported here (among many other places) has left the Internet root servers firmly in the control of the US.
The "Internet Governance Forum" outlined in the agreement will have no real power - it will simply be a place to discuss theory and issues in the abstract.
It's nice to see that sanity broke out in the international arena for a change. Multinational control of the Internet root service would have led to confusion at best, serious damage to the Internet at worst. And the UN has a great deal to sort out before it should be given responsibility for so vital a resource.
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