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On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, I wrote: Sorry, looking at this again, I think I understand what the Minister was saying.On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:Interesting how these myths pop up...Now for comments in that admirable institution, the Indian press. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1211092.cms Two things -The move will help bring down the cost of accessing Internet in India, where the clone root servers have been set up in Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai. "Normally, other countries get to host only two such services, but we fought hard and got three," said communications and IT minister Dayanidhi Maran.Maran seems to think this is as big an achievement as a kid throwing a tantrum to get three chocolate bars instead of two, which it is not .. If we look at the Asia-Pacific region (for these purposes everything east of the UAE and West of the Americas), and then exclude Japan, Korea, and Singapore, countries that are undisputably part of the Internet core, what we've got are a bunch of F and I Roots, with a K Root in Brisbane and now a K Root somewhere in India. Having root servers that are part of three different anycast clouds would make India somewhat special within its region. -Steve
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