sTLA alloc policies [Re: [6bone] pTLA request NDSOFTWARE - review closes 23 October 2002]

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Sun, Oct 20, 2002 at 05:36:10PM +0300, Pekka Savola wrote:
> > The political part is the "200 customer rule", which I personally did
> > not like very much (it came from ARIN and APNIC), but hey, for a serious
> > ISP that actually is connecting customers, it's not a major obstacle.
> 
> Speaking of which, I'd be really interested in knowing how Internet 
> Software Consortium is going to fill the "200 customer rule":
> 
> http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=ISC6-1
> 
> I never thought they'd be in the ISP business..
> 
> Oh, Nokia must also have colored the truth slightly..

Well, Nokia (and Cisco and such) might actually be able to justify it 
- by declaring all their national offices as customers.  Legally, they
are likely to be separate entities anyway.

*I* personally don't really mind if "the 100 biggest companies in the
world" get a sTLA - if they can provide decent network documentation,
fine with me.

As for ISC, hmmm, interesting question.  Being a RIPE person, I can't
comment on what's going on in ARIN land...

Gert Doering
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