[37630] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Stability of the Internet?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roeland Meyer)
Fri May 18 14:33:59 2001
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From: Roeland Meyer <rmeyer@mhsc.com>
To: 'William Allen Simpson' <wsimpson@greendragon.com>,
nanog@merit.edu
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 11:26:23 -0700
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It was not a troll. Tim has been involved in ICANN issues for quite some
time now. Specifically ICANN/DNSO. We now have targeted working groups that
are looking at exactly this issue. Points have been raised and Tim simply
seems to be trying to gather information. Since many/none of you do not seem
to be involved there, he is asking here. Believe it or not, your input is
desired.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Allen Simpson [mailto:wsimpson@greendragon.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 10:02 AM
> To: nanog@merit.edu
> Subject: Re: Stability of the Internet?
>
>
>
> Based on the email address, this was probably a troll.
>
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> Anyway, the fact that some of us now block BGP acceptance for the
> new.net blocks, because it causes us support costs, would be an
> argument that the Internet is less "stable".
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> "Tim Langdell, PhD" wrote:
> >
> > Yes, I was asking specifically about "stability" (with a
> request that
> > someone perhaps try to explain what that might mean other
> than a term to
> > scare people with) rather than "compatibility". BTW, I
> don't think ".house"
> > is a New.net TLD ;-)
> >
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