[arin-ppml] Straw Poll

[Fred Baker]

On Oct 6, 2009, at 10:04 AM, RudOlph Daniel wrote:

> Am I correct in thinking that any industry planning to use a dodo  
> will probably join the extinct species too. :)

I agree with you, but let me reflect some comments I have heard from  
the Smart Grid side of the house.

One thing they are very worried about is running the SG over the  
Internet. They are interested in control - the term "control freak"  
has been used - and they don't see the Internet as all that well  
controlled. That's not universal, of course; The Cisco/Yello thing in  
Germany uses a subscriber's broadband connection, I believe a DMVPN.  
But many do want direct connectivity to their customers and the  
ability to directly manage at least some appliances and instruments in  
subscriber's homes - notably the electric meter.

 From that perspective, they see the Smart Grid as a completely  
separate (even if occasionally an overlay on top of the) Internet.  
 From that perspective, their view tends to be that they can  
completely re-use the existing IPv4 address space without colliding  
with the Internet.

Not defending the viewpoint, reporting it. Don't shoot the messenger.

What would probably be most helpful would be if ARIN and its members  
(separately) decided to comment on http://www.nist.gov/smartgrid/ and  
specifically http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/smartgrid_interoperability.pdf