Re: Allocation of IP Addresses

["Jeff Young" <young () mci net>]

the phone system is global as well, i guess the us government should
not be allowed to govern it?  i'd say your safe until a smart senate
staffer actually sits down to explain some of the issues to his boss
who picks up the pole and starts to wave the flag...

Jeff Young
young () mci net


> No matter what happens...the following can not continue...
>
>       1. One person at the InterNIC playing Jesus Christ with the IP addresses...
>       2. One person at IANA playing God the Father with IP addresses...
>       3. Network Solutions, Inc. (and SAIC) competing against ISPs...
>       4. Selected ISPs being given huge blocks of the address space...
>
> There has to be a democratic process...of the people, for the people and by the people...
>
> ...not just for John, Paul, George and Ringo....even if John is the Pope...
>
> Jim Fleming
> Naperville, IL
>
>
> P.S. Where has IANA documented the following allocation....???
>
> $ whois NETBLK-ATHOME
> @Home (NETBLK-ATHOME)
>    385 Ravendale Drive
>    Mountain View, CA 94043
>
>    Netname: ATHOME
>    Netblock: 24.0.0.0 - 24.3.255.0
>
>    Coordinator:
>       Mockapetris, Paul V.  (PM1)  pvm () HOME NET
>       415-944-7200 415-944-7221 (FAX) 415-944-8501
>
>    Domain System inverse mapping provided by:
>
>    TELLER.HOME.NET              206.15.25.1
>    NS1.GEO.NET                  192.231.42.2
>
>    Record last updated on 24-Jan-96.
>
> The InterNIC Registration Services Host contains ONLY Internet Information
> (Networks, ASN's, Domains, and POC's).
> Please use the whois server at nic.ddn.mil for MILNET Information.  
>
> ----------
> From:         bmanning () ISI EDU[SMTP:bmanning () ISI EDU]
> Sent:         Wednesday, March 13, 1996 10:51 PM
> To:   Jim Fleming
> Cc:   dorian () cic net; kovar () NDA COM; com-priv () psi com; jfbb () atmnet net; nanog () merit edu; nathan () 
> netrail net; nic-registry () internic net
> Subject:      Re: Allocation of IP Addresses
>
> > Here are some people that might be interested in these issues...
> >
> > Jim Fleming
> > Naperville, IL
> >
> > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> > There always will be disadvantages of being small. This is true in every 
> > market.
> >
> > >   Do you truly believe there is no way to avoid the forced renumbering
> > > problem for the smaller ISPs?
> >
> > There is no way to avoid renumbering. Every other plausible proposal I've 
> > seen have been renumbering under a different guise.
> >
> > -dorian
>
>       Jim, old buddy,  you forgot the European Union delegates, South
>       America, Africa, CIS, China and the AP nations.   Better punt the
>       whole darn thing right to the UN right now.  Since when did the 
>       global internet get to be regulated by the US government?
>
> -- 
> --bill