[9248] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: NSI and competition to RIPE and APNIC
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ben Black)
Sun May 11 21:19:55 1997
Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 20:33:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ben Black <black@zen.cypher.net>
To: Kim Hubbard <kimh@internic.net>
cc: Hank Nussbacher <hank@ibm.net.il>, randy@psg.com, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199705120101.VAA13307@jazz.internic.net>
that didn't asnwer the question of domain franchises.
On Sun, 11 May 1997, Kim Hubbard wrote:
> >
> 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
> >
>
