[9247] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: NSI and competition to RIPE and APNIC
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kim Hubbard)
Sun May 11 20:57:30 1997
From: Kim Hubbard <kimh@internic.net>
To: hank@ibm.net.il (Hank Nussbacher)
Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 21:01:12 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: randy@psg.com, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.A32.3.96-heb-2.07.970511151322.27308A-100000@rex.ibm.net.il> from "Hank Nussbacher" at May 11, 97 03:13:48 pm
>
Hank,
NSI is not setting up franchises to sell or allocate or "hand out" IP space.
Kim Hubbard
InterNIC Registry
> On Sun, 11 May 1997, Randy Bush wrote:
>
> > >>> It appears NSI is establishing franchises throughout the world and the
> > >>> franchisees get commissions on domains and IP nets handed out.
> > >> And what justification do you have for this rumor? Or is it more black
> > >> helicopters?
> > > I just spoke to a franchisee who gave me all the information listed. He
> > > says NSI has something known as "levels" and he is known as a Level II
> > > franchisee (total of 3 levels - with small local ISPs being level III).
> > > He did not know who the other franchisees are but did say he saw something
> > > in the paper about one being set up in UK and in Switzerland.
> >
> > To allocate IP space?
> >
> > randy
> >
>
> So said the franchisee to me by phone.
>
> Hank Nussbacher
>
