Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

[Shane Ronan <sronan () fattoc com>]

> You really should go ask a CEO if he'd sign off on something that he  
> doesn't understand.  Really.  I can assure you that your impression  
> is wrong, and most CEOs don't prefer to be standing in court  
> defending their actions.

Actually, being a CTO of a company, I know that my CEO signs things  
ALL the time based just on my say so. I don't see how signing a  
document for ARIN would land them in court, further if he were to go  
to court, he'd simply say that he relied on the opinions of his  
technical staff since he does not have the experience or expertise to  
evaluate it's validity. And as history shows, this is an acceptable  
answer, it happens all the time in the case of financial filings that  
others produce for the CEO to sign.

> Burdensome?  Really?  If you have your documentation together it  
> takes about 15 minutes from beginning of the application form until  
> receiving your new allocation.  I spend longer on hold any time I  
> deal with any other vendor.

Really, 15 minutes? I applied for a new AS Record recently, presented  
all the valid documentation, as well as additional documentation in  
the form of network diagrams, and was asked to explain things that  
were clearly spelled out in the documents I provided. This entire  
process took DAYS.