Re: IP number allocations -- get out your CHECKBOOKS!

[Karl Denninger <karl@Mcs.Net>]

> 
> And where exactly is the problem, Karl?
> 
> Dick desJardins

Did I say there was a problem?  No.  Assuming this thing is actually done in
a neutral and impartial fashion, I don't think the TAXES (and that's what
they are folks -- they're not "contributions") are unreasonable.

I made a prediction that everyone said was absolute balderdash.  It wasn't.

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> At 9:18 PM -0600 1/2/97, Karl Denninger wrote:
> >I told ALL of you so.  Didn't I say this was next after the Postel trial
> >balloon?  Did I get poo-pooed from the rafters?
> >
> >Eat your shoes folks.
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> >> ----------
> >> From: 	Kim Hubbard[SMTP:kimh@internic.net]
> >> Sent: 	Thursday, January 02, 1997 3:55 PM
> >> To: 	pagan@apnic.net
> >> Subject: 	Non-profit IP Registry
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> Recently, there has been discussion concerning the need to keep IP issues
> >> separate from domain issues.  The stability of the Internet in part relies
> >> on the careful management of the Internet Protocol addresses.
> >>
> >> The point has also been made that the management of the IP space should
> >> be put in the hands of those that depend on it - the users.  Whether
> >> those users are ISPs, corporate entities, universities, etc., they
> >> should all play a role.
> >>
> >> To this end, Network Solutions, Inc. plans to create and initially fund
> >> a non-profit 501(c)6 organization to be known as The American Registry
> >> for Internet Numbers (ARIN) to manage the IP address space for the
> >> territories it currently administers, similar to the APNIC and RIPE
> >> regional IP registries.  This organization will be a non-profit
> >> spin-off of the current InterNIC IP group.
> >>
> >> Network Solutions, Inc. will initially fund ARIN until fees are imposed
> >> and will offer continued financing until such time as it is a stable,
> >> self-sufficient entity capable of funding itself through its membership
> >> dues, registration and maintenance fees.
> >>
> >> Details on the proposed organizational structure and 1997 funding
> >> model are located at http://rs.internic.net/arin.
> >>
> >> Questions regarding the proposal will be answered on the ARIN mailing
> >> list.  To subscribe, send mail to:
> >>
> >> 	listserv@internic.net
> >>
> >> 	with "subscribe naipr" in the body along with your first and
> >>           last name.
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Kim Hubbard
> >> InterNIC Registry
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> 
> 
> Dick desJardins
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