[Nanog] ATT VP: Internet to hit capacity by 2010

Hmmm. Who exactly is "The Internet Innovation Alliance"?

Unfortunately, their website does not say:

http://www.internetinnovation.org/

But given the content there (generous references to the upcoming
Internet "exaflood" apocalypse), I would guess they are either
compromised of telcos and ISPs or telco lobbyists or both. :slight_smile:

It would be interesting to know (the rest of the story...)

- - ferg

Hmmm. Who exactly is "The Internet Innovation Alliance"?
http://www.internetinnovation.org/

The domain is registered to Larry Irving in D.C., who was an
assistant commerce secretary in the Clinton administration.

A little googlage finds this op-ed piece from last May.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/23/AR2007052301418.html

The most interesting part is the author bios at the end:

  Bruce Mehlman was assistant secretary of commerce under President
  Bush. Larry Irving was assistant secretary of commerce under
  President Bill Clinton. They are co-chairmen of the Internet
  Innovation Alliance, a coalition of individuals, businesses and
  nonprofit groups that includes telecommunications companies.

R's,
John

But given the content there (generous references to the upcoming
Internet "exaflood" apocalypse), I would guess they are either
compromised of telcos and ISPs or telco lobbyists or both. :slight_smile:

Thank goodness anti-virus companies never hype security threats or
fund "Internet safety" organizations :slight_smile:

It would be interesting to know (the rest of the story...)

Everyone agrees having more data would be useful. It would be great
if someone could collect the available data, and get more data from
multiple providers (universities, small, large, for-profit, non-profit,
etc), and publish something.