Re: [anti-spam-wg@localhost] Contacts

["Clive D.W. Feather" <]

leo vegoda said:
>>> This will *only* apply to the United Kingdom. There may also be an issue
>>> with European legislation similar to the Competition Act. This, if it does
>>> exist, will *only* apply to the European Union.
>> What proportion of RIPE-allocated addresses are in the EU? 80%? 90%?
>> Where is RIPE based? In the EU.
> This might be useful:
> 
> http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/archive/ripe-44/presentations/ripe44-lir-rs/page17.htm

Thanks.

I'm not sure what "EU" is supposed to mean on that graph, but between
84% and 94% of IPv4 allocations are in the EU. At least 72% of IPv6 is.
You don't give a total number of LIRs, but over 1800 of them are in the EU.

I think EU law is quite relevant to RIPE.

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