[members-discuss] Re: RIPE NCC Position On The ITU IPv6 Group

> -----Original Message-----
> From: members-discuss-admin at ripe.net
> [mailto:members-discuss-admin at ripe.net]On Behalf Of Arjan van der Oest
> Sent: 01 March 2010 16:21
> 
> Again, my only point is: allocating space to ITU may settle 
> whatever worries they have. I'm just trying to point out that 
> competition (and change) are not a bad thing and I'm 
> reluctant to start seeking conspiracies about world 
> domination via ipv6. Let's see what it is ITU is *really* 
> trying to get done, let's chat about it and then let's see 
> what is wise.

I see the RIRs as regulatory organisations. I tell my users that they have to justify their requests for IP space with properly completed RIPE-488s (OK, I will accept RIPE-381 or RIPE-315), even though most requests are within my assignment window, because 'it is the rules'.

If you have competition between regulators, people will choose whichever one is most likely to give them what they want (kind of like the way anyone bringing a defamation action will choose to bring it in England if they can, rather than the US because English courts are much less sympathetic to free-speech than US courts). Thus, if APNIC is stricter than the ITU, people will apply for address space from the ITU rather than APNIC, if APNIC is less strict than the ITU, no one will apply for space from the ITU RIR. 

Competition between regulatory bodies is a bad thing.

Robert
Robert Smales                                                
Technical Engineer
Cable&Wireless Worldwide
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