<div dir="ltr">I oppose the policy as written.<div><br></div><div>I don't have an opinion on the 2 vs 3, though I see it as such a small change and given the total number of CI IX assignments (66 over how many years?) it won't significantly change anything. </div>
<div><br></div><div>I am opposed to the policy because of this line "<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18px">Â </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18px">IXP's formed as non profits will be considered end user organizations. All others will be considered ISPs."</span></div>
<div><br></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:18px"> This statement will impact the overwhelming majority of Critical Infrastructure assignment holders, the majority of which are not IX's.  The goal of attempting  preservation should be done by how the allocation is justified, not how much the entity is billed.  111 of the CI allocations are not to IX's.  Of the 66 IX allocations it is nearly split between end users and ISP's.  </span></font></div>
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On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Brandon Ross <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bross@pobox.com" target="_blank">bross@pobox.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="">On Thu, 6 Feb 2014, Owen DeLong wrote:<br>
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I oppose the change. Anyone inclined to abuse a two participant standard can easily create or obtain a 3rd participant for said purpose. This is literally a case of change for the sake of change. No, a 3 participant minimum is not an unreasonable standard. However, since it does have some negative impact and is utterly unlikely to be at all effective in deterring abuse, I see no benefit to the change.<br>
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I agree with Owen on all points and oppose the policy change. Â Most importantly, this policy change significantly raises the bar for a legitimate IXP to get started while doing nothing effective to prevent what is, effectively, a tiny amount of potential abuse.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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