Rebuttal to Mr. Weisberg's insinuations

[Jim Fleming]

On Friday, July 18, 1997 1:27 AM, Larry Vaden[SMTP:vaden at texoma.net] wrote:
@ At 11:42 PM 7/17/97 -0500, Robert T. Nelson wrote:
@ >
@ >It
@ >confuses the process if you have more than one entity assigning space in
@ >the Original Place. After that entity assigns space to functions
@ >(downstream registries in charge of how *they* allocate space) they can do
@ >with their space as they please. 
@ 
@ There are 3 registries operating now, APNIC, NSI/InterNIC and RIPE.
@ 
@ They all allocate space from the same 32 bit range of IP numbers.
@ 
@ The coordination is done by IANA.
@ 
@ 

@Home acts as a registry for the Cable T.V. industry...
they obtained their addresses directly from Jon Postel (IANA).

Supposedly, there are other such registries. Details of
the workings of those inner circles are not discussed
in public. Only the "done deals" get announced.

For example, recently InterNIC, APNIC and RIPE were
all given new /8 allocations at the same time. Where was
the public discussion of why these three registries were
given these resources ? Also, people claim that the
regional registries like APNIC have to apply and justify
just like anyone else. It seems odd that ALL THREE
would simultaneously need new /8s, and just when the
DOJ and the FTC started to investigate these matters.

--
Jim Fleming
Unir Corporation