pTLA request for ASNET - review closes 29 March 2002

[Pekka Savola]

On Sat, 16 Mar 2002, Saw-Shung Hung wrote:
> > On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Bob Fink wrote:
> > > >We would like to apply for a pTLA allocation from 6bone, we are ASNET,
> > > >Academia Sinica Computing Center (http://www.ascc.net).
> > > >
> > > >We are one of the members of TANet(Taiwan Academia Network) in Taiwan.
> > > >We also maintain the TaipeiGigaPoP which provide 60% network traffic
> > > >exchanged in TANET-Taipei. The Mission of ASNET is to promote and to
> > > >coordinate the development of networks of telecommunications and
> > > >computing, focused to the scientific and educative development in
> > > >Taiwan.
> > 
> > IMO, instead of you, shouldn't 'TANet' be requesting the block?
> 
> 	No, TANet can request their own pTLA, and we can too.
> 	We are just a member of TANet, but TANet did not own ASNET.

Sure.. the question is, however, who should be given one.

> > If I understand correctly, you're basically just one university.. if so, 
> > we definitely should not go down that road.
> 
> 	No, we definitely are NOT a "Universtiy". 
> 
> 	A brief introdution can be found at this url
> 
> 	http://www.sinica.edu.tw/as/asbrief.html
> 
> 	"Academia Sinica, founded in 1928, is the most prominent
> 	academic institution in the Republic of China. While affiliated
> 	directly to the Presidential Office of R.O.C., Academia Sinica
> 	enjoys independence and autonomy in formulating its own research
> 	objectives. Its major tasks are to undertake in-depth academic
> 	research on various subjects in the sciences and humanities, and
> 	to provide guidelines, channels of coordination, and incentives
> 	with a view to raising academic standards in the country."

So, you seem to be a research facility.

"Normal" scheme is that there is a network connectivity provider for 
academic facilities (be they universties, research centers, etc.) in a 
country.  In your case, I assumed that was TAnet.  Giving such an operator 
a pTLA is sound, giving one to each university or equivalent is not.  

-- 
Pekka Savola                 "Tell me of difficulties surmounted,
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Systems. Networks. Security.  -- Robert Jordan: A Crown of Swords