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style="white-space:nowrap;color:#000001;font-size:14.67px;font-family:Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"><tr style="font-size:14.67px;"><td style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;">We build and deliver end‑to‑end IT solutions.</td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div>On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 11:31 AM John Curran <<a href="mailto:jcurran@arin.net">jcurran@arin.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div><div><div><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div style="white-space:normal"><div>We could lower base fees and charge separately for services that are optional but reflect best practices (e.g. this includes not only IPv6, but IRR and RPKI) but that doesn’t comport with our mission to support and advance the operation of the
Internet - we’d effectively be creating a disincentive for network operator deployment of practices that many others simply consider good manners (e.g. MANRS - <a href="https://www.manrs.org/isps/" target="_blank">https://www.manrs.org/isps/</a>) </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I strongly agree with John here, and with the sentiment overall: one of the best roles an RIR can play in the grander scheme of things is to enable and never to disincentivize moving forward towards emerging community-accepted standards and technologies such as embracing IPv6 to deal with IPv4 suffocation, enhancing security by promoting and enabling RPKI deployment, etc. Let's all work together to make the internet a better place for everyone. </div><div><br></div><div>- Matt</div><div><br></div></div></div>
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