[arin-ppml] AFRINIC And The Stability Of The Internet Number Registry System

[Michel Py]

John -

Thanks for the clarification.

> John Curran wrote :
> That presumes that Cloud Innovation actually requested the address space for that purpose, and hence why many are asking
> Cloud Innovation (and those associated with CI) the question "Is Cloud Innovation’s use of the blocks in question within
> the remit and purpose for which they were originally justified?” It is a simple yes/no question of fact, but one which
> has alluded any official answer to date.  It’s been suggested that they’ve already said as much in previous emails, but
> a simple yes/no response doesn’t seem forthcoming – although it would certainly clarify quite a bit.

No simple yes/no response even from AfriNic ? If you are the one asking the question ?

The annoying part in this business is that AfriNic has many skeletons in their closets; I don't think that Ronald has caught them all, and my personal experience doing business in that part of the world suggests that there will be resistance and more obscurantism in the future.


> Mike Burns wrote :
> This AFRINIC situation involves leasing, and everywhere leasing is happening in a policy void. That's asking for problems.

Indeed.
I don't think it's right to make money leasing IP addresses that were obtained by the millions for a somehow low cost.
I read there were 4 installments, can someone share how much Cloud Innovation has paid so far to AfriNic for these ?

Michel.