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Re: "Leasing" of space via non-connectivity providers

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Woodcock)
Sat Feb 5 13:17:43 2011

From: Bill Woodcock <woody@pch.net>
In-Reply-To: <1CC2F3D8-8417-46FF-9AD4-A6FB2453D407@istaff.org>
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 10:17:29 -0800
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On Feb 5, 2011, at 11:22 AM, bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com wrote:
> ARIN's community certinly is dominated by a particular type of network =
operator.

It's dominated by the type of network operator who shows up and =
participates.

Generally, I hear what you're saying and don't disagree, but this is one =
of those truisms that applies across the whole spectrum of Internet =
governance: constrained-resource allocation, protocol definition, route =
and capacity forecasting, carrier interconnect, what-have-you.  It's the =
people who sit back and say that someone else is doing it who don't get =
represented and don't get their way.  So while I absolutely recognize =
the phenomenon you're describing and wish it were otherwise, the =
solution is action, not complaint.

                                -Bill




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