Rebuttal to Mr. Weisberg's insinuations

[Jim Fleming]

On Friday, July 18, 1997 9:12 AM, John LeRoy Crain[SMTP:John.Crain at ripe.net] wrote:
@ 
@ 
@ Hello Jim,
@ 
@  * 
@  * 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.
@ 
@ 
<snip>
@ 
@ I can assure you that the reason the RIPE-NCC requested more space,
@ and got it, was because it was needed to continue allocating addresses
@ to our registries. 
@ 

Fine...and ALL THREE regional registries just happened to
run out at the same time....correct ?....I guess it did not
have anything to do with the DOJ and FTC "heat"...correct ?

By the way...where is the Regional Registry for...

Africa
South America
Canada
Mexico and Central America
Carribean
Australia and New Zealand

to name a few...

???

--
Jim Fleming
Unir Corporation