What triggered ARIN ?

[John Curran]

>Assuming "for profit" with local government involvement....
>
>The possible bnenefits are:
>
>        1. Better IP Space management, reclamation, ecology
>        2. More eyes and people watching the space
>        3. Fairness in allocations
>        4. Regional and cultural sensitivity to allocatons
>        5. Stability
>        6. Growth of the infrastructure and industry
>        7. Economic distribution of jobs, taxes, etc.
>        8. Regional development of expertise
>        9. Increased operational bases to prepare for next wave....
>
>to name a few...

My fault, I asked about _possible_ advantages. 

Now let's move on to _probable_ advantages...
I don't see 1, 3, or 5 being all that likely,
and we still don't have a way to handle the 
routing demand that will result.

/John