[136637] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: And so it ends...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Curran)
Thu Feb 3 18:12:49 2011
From: John Curran <jcurran@arin.net>
To: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 23:09:10 +0000
In-Reply-To: <201102032234.p13MYZLA069782@mail.r-bonomi.com>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Feb 3, 2011, at 5:34 PM, Robert Bonomi wrote:
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> Abssolutely *NOT*. their unique status derives from the actions of a=20
> contractor "faithfully executing" it's duties on the behalf of the U.S.
> Gov't. 'Antitrust' does not apply to the Gov't, nor to those acting
> on its behalf, nor to anyone operating a government-sanctioned monopoly.
Robert -=20
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To be clear, ARIN was formed by the Internet operator community to=20
perform these Internet Registry functions. While the USG acknowledged
its formation and facilitated the transition of the performance of =20
these functions to ARIN, ARIN is not performing these duties under=20
USG contract. I have no view on the question to which you replied,
but want to be certain everyone has clear facts for the discussion.
FYI,
/John
John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN
