[lir-wg] AS Number Policy - continued

> Doesnt your business depend on your upstreams signing contracts about
> transit with you and providing the agreed service? If an ISP sells
> transit to you he will also be able to sign a simple form stating that you
> will have a BGP4 Session with him. Therefore i dont c where the
requirement
> of a signed "bgp4 session with transit" agreement will have a bad impact
> on business.

Most contracts are commercially confidential and also sensitive. I do not
expect either myself of my customers or suppliers to provide this to RIPE
'just because'.

Also, we should collectively remember that each country the RIPE operates in
may have different legal requirements and regulatory frameworks. Most of the
EU is similar, but as an anecdote, I believe RIPE still requires a 'chamber
of commerce' certificate ? That only makes sense in the Netherlands and
maybe a couple of other countries. In the UK, for example, there is no legal
requirement to register as a 'company' before trading - you just get on with
it. Try to convince a hidebound beaurocrat stuck in a small office on Singel
that though. Why should RIPE dictate my local business decisions ?

Peter