Warning about the 'disruption' of the Internet

Nitin Desai - Chairman of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) - there may be a day when the global Internet will be separated into small and separate networks.

Speaking at a recent conference held by Nominet - the agency responsible for managing the '.uk' domain name, Mr. Desai said: 'Now people are worried about whether in five years' time The Internet system we own today can still work. '

' Concerns about managing the future Internet are completely real as the trend of converging between the telephone network and commerce is becoming more apparent ,' Desai said. 'In just five years, the number of Internet users in Asia will surpass that of Europe or America .'

' And the number of Chinese websites will also exceed the number of websites in English. You see that the method of using the Internet in China or India is very different from that of Western Europe. The Internet must not be used in the commercial or communications areas that the Internet is used for providing public service applications . '

It is the companies and organizations that are building the Internet, not governments, mass organizations or managers, Mr. Desai said.

In addition to concerns that the Internet may be split, there are concerns that some countries want to 'manage' the development of the Internet. ' The reason is that these people want to make sure that the system they are using and developing is safe and reliable .'

Meanwhile, the Chinese government is concerned about the issue of Internet users in the country still having to type in the website address in Latin letters rather than in Chinese.

' The proportion of Internet users in China who are not aware of the Latin alphabet is very large. It is this that raises concerns about the internationalization of domain names. Each country wants its domain name to be entered in the language of its country. To do this, Chinese people need to set up a completely independent system of their own. This is the reason why concerns about the Internet being divided are completely grounded . '

'Internet neutrality'

The World Bank expert Howard Williams argues that the debate about future Internet management stemming from the resolution will only have one web system in the future.

' Why are the technologies we currently have that cannot continue to be used in the future ,' Professor Williams questioned, claiming that Internet splitting was happening and not waiting. Waiting for it to happen in the future.

' In the US, the issue of Internet neutrality raises thoughts about the existence of different types of web .'

Earlier this year the US Senate decided to pass a bill that would allow Internet service providers to provide customers with different preferential services such as broadband or high speed. Immediate supporters of "Internet neutrality" voiced opposition to this bill and called on Internet users to be treated equally.

With the bill above, service providers can fully allow users to subscribe to their services to enjoy higher connection speeds when accessing service provider websites or their partner. Meanwhile, if visiting the competitor's website with the connection speed service provider may fall to the turtle's speed.

Some other delegates attending the conference said that customers' choices would play an important role in deciding the future Internet as well as the issue of 'Internet neutrality'.

Hoang Dung