pTLA request for ASNET - review closes 29 March 2002

[Yu-lin Chang]

> 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 "University". 
> > 
> > A brief introduction 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 universities, 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.  
> 


We don't think "who should be given one" is a really problem.
As a research facility doesn't mean we are not a network
connectivity provider. TANet only provide school(University,
High School etc.) in basically, ASNet provide not only research
institution in Taiwan to connect into Internet(and TANet of
course). ASNet also provide other ISP in Taiwan to transit into
TANet(in OC-192). ASNet provide an environment for academia and
business network to cooperate and communicate with each other.

As we said in our apply form, ASNet maintain TaipeiGigaPoP which
is an excellent L1 infrastructure. Our members include two
Fixed-Network Company(there are four Fixed-Network Companies in
Taiwan), two of the largest ISP in Taiwan, TANet and many research
institutions. We provide our member L2 and L3 network transit,
peering, connectivity backup and load-sharing.

At this time, ASNet have been established native connection to
TANet in FastEthernet(will upgrade to GigabitEthernet before
May-01), and been tested to APAN-JP by our STM-1 submarine cable
leasline and another STM-1 submarine cable to HK also. We also
setup IPv6-in-IPv4 tunnel to our TaipeiGigaPoP members. We issue
this pTLA request in order to widely deploy a native ipv6
testing for our TaipeiGigaPoP members.

Beside the TaipeiGigaPoP, ASNet is the APAN-TW NOC also.
ASNet help TANet and other research institutions to transit into
APAN(Asia Pacific Advanced Network). In a fact, part of
these IPv6 address block will reassign to TANet, to help us 
transit TANet into APAN in IPv6.

We believe ASNet satisfied RFC 2772 section 7-3: [have a
potential "user community" that would be served by its becoming a
pTLA, e.g., the Applicant is a major provider of Internet
service in a region, country, or focus of interest.].


ASNet is an active player about promote IPv6 deployment in
Taiwan. Our Director, Dr. Simon C. Lin is one of chairmen of
the NICI IPv6 Task Force (NICI stand for "National Information
and Communication Initiative"), to help NICI to construct the
National IPv6 Backbone Infrastructure in Taiwan.

"Taiwan IPv6 Forum" will open at Apr-10. 6bone to accept this
pTLA request will be a great news for us and Taiwan. It will
help us to accelerate deployment IPv6 in Taiwan.

Hope this help.

With best regard.

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Yu-lin Chang, ylchang@ascc.net
Network Division, Academia Sinica Computing Centre,
Tel: +886-2-27899490  Fax: +886-2-27836444
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