ARIN, ISPs and registries

On Friday, January 17, 1997 7:56 AM, Avi Freedman[SMTP:freedman at netaxs.com] wrote:
@ > No matter what happens, all of these IP Address Registries,
@ > ARIN, APNIC, RIPE, AlterNIC, AfricNIC, SouthAmericaNIC,
@ > CaribNIC, etc. still have to get their IN-ADDR.ARPA delegations
@ > entered in the Root Name Servers.
@ >
@ > I am sure that some of the Root Name Server owner/operators
@ > will be interested to see how much these registries are going
@ > to pay to obtain these delegations. Part of the registry fees
@ > should obviously be paid to the people who run the Root Name
@ > Servers for the good and stability of the Internet.
@ >
@ > It should be noted that some ISPs are large enough to have
@ > huge blocks of IP addresses, which they skillfully obtained
@ > from the InterNIC. Those ISPs can go directly to the Root Name
@ > Servers to secure their allocations. They are registries in their
@ > own right, even though they may not have the public exposure
@ > that ARIN will have because of the Network Solutions, Inc.
@ > funding.
@
@ Why do you fail to understand that there is a community, and that
@ community supports the IANA and *not* the root name servers as
@ allocaters of IP space.  Really, the concept is quite simple.
@
@ Have you even found *one* of the respected/trusted/current root
@ name server operators who will go along with your theory?
@
@ > Jim Fleming
@
@ Avi
@
@
@

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