<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div>See comments below.<br></div><div><br>[ clip ]<br> <br></div><div class="im"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div> Instead, focus on the<br>
</div>
degree to which the equipment on which the ARIN number resources are<br>
employed is physically present within the ARIN region.<br>
<span></span></blockquote><div><br><br></div></div><div>The
amount of equipment needed to run a network or legitimately utilize
resources is getting smaller, not larger, and is not a good measure of
whether you are a network operator. Or not. <br>
<br></div><br><div>Best,<br><br></div>-M<<br><br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I think that really depends on who you are and who your user base is as to how your network resource equipment counts grow. Demands for network services are continually growing and expanding in our university environment and therefore the amount of equipment needed to continue to provide the requested services continues to grow. I'm not saying that it is a valid indicator or definer of what is a network operator... but I am not seeing the amount of equipment needed to run a network getting smaller. fwiw<br>
</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>--<br>Brian</div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 11:20 PM, Martin Hannigan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hannigan@gmail.com" target="_blank">hannigan@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 2:35 PM, William Herrin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bill@herrin.us" target="_blank">bill@herrin.us</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 5:25 PM, ARIN <<a href="mailto:info@arin.net" target="_blank">info@arin.net</a>> wrote:<br>
</div><div>> X. Resource Justification within ARIN Region<br>
> Organizations requesting Internet number resources from ARIN must<br>
> provide proof that they (1) are an active business entity legally<br>
> operating within the ARIN service region, and (2) are operating a<br>
> network located within the ARIN service region. In addition to meeting<br>
> all other applicable policy requirements, a plurality of resources<br>
> requested from ARIN must be justified by technical infrastructure and<br>
> customers located within the ARIN service region, and any located<br>
> outside the region must be interconnected to the ARIN service region.<br>
> The same technical infrastructure or customers cannot be used to justify<br>
> resources in more than one RIR.</div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>[ clip ]<br> <br></div><div class="im"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div> Instead, focus on the<br>
</div>
degree to which the equipment on which the ARIN number resources are<br>
employed is physically present within the ARIN region.<br>
<span><font color="#888888"></font></span></blockquote><div><br><br></div></div><div>The amount of equipment needed to run a network or legitimately utilize resources is getting smaller, not larger, and is not a good measure of whether you are a network operator. Or not. <br>
<br></div><br><div>Best,<br><br></div><div>-M<<br><br><br></div><div><br></div><div><br> </div></div></div></div>
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