ARIN, ISPs and registries

[Avi Freedman]

> No matter what happens, all of these IP Address Registries,
> ARIN, APNIC, RIPE, AlterNIC, AfricNIC, SouthAmericaNIC,
> CaribNIC, etc. still have to get their IN-ADDR.ARPA delegations
> entered in the Root Name Servers.
>
> I am sure that some of the Root Name Server owner/operators
> will be interested to see how much these registries are going
> to pay to obtain these delegations. Part of the registry fees
> should obviously be paid to the people who run the Root Name
> Servers for the good and stability of the Internet.
>
> It should be noted that some ISPs are large enough to have
> huge blocks of IP addresses, which they skillfully obtained
> from the InterNIC. Those ISPs can go directly to the Root Name
> Servers to secure their allocations. They are registries in their
> own right, even though they may not have the public exposure
> that ARIN will have because of the Network Solutions, Inc.
> funding.

Why do you fail to understand that there is a community, and that
community supports the IANA and *not* the root name servers as
allocaters of IP space.  Really, the concept is quite simple.

Have you even found *one* of the respected/trusted/current root
name server operators who will go along with your theory?

> Jim Fleming

Avi