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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">I fully support this policy as written, I appreciate how the ARIN staff has determined this issue a definite oversight and has determined to quickly
remedy. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">As a Regional ISP, we live and breathe on IPV4 allocations and responsible allocations to our customers. I am impressed by the tremendous response
of colleagues, partners, employees, customers, and competitors of Stratus in reaction to this. That tells me that they all had the same reaction when they were advised of the situation, disappointment, and dare I say some outrage. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Equally, I am impressed that ARIN staff responded so quickly, and they look to remedy the situation quickly, preventing any tarnish to the reputation
that it has achieved as a fair and equitable manager of such a constrained resource.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Kudos to ARIN Staff, and Encore!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Jon Bachtold<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Central IL Regional Broadband Network<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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