[arin-ppml] Use of "reserved" address space.

[Benson Schliesser]

On 30 Jun 10, at 1:45 PM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:

> My guess, based on long observation of the UN is that as long as
> ARIN generally has the majority support of the major telecommunications
> companies and data networks, that the ITU will rebuff any interference
> and the UN will back them.  This has been the way it's worked in the
> past on the global voice telecommunications network on issues like
> RF frequency spectrum usage and there's no reason to assume that IP addressing will be treated any differently.

Not that I disagree, but how do you explain the success of telephone number portability regulations given the above statement?

Cheers,
-Benson