In message <[email protected]>, John Santos <[email protected]> wrote:
>The proposal specifically relates to leasing IP addresses to recipients >who are NOT receiving connectivity from the lessor. As I said, I myself have no position on the proposal under discussion. As a general matter however, I have for many years now been concerned about the promulgation, within the various structures of Internet governance, of rules which, following adoption, are then rather trivially circumvented by parties having neither a care for nor a respect for the intent of the rules in question. For that reason, I do believe that it might be helpful to the discussion of the proposal if the alternatives were made completely clear. You've said that the status quo permits leasing in conjunction with connectivity. But how is "connectivity" defined in this context, exactly? If you are a "provider" and I am your client, may you lease me IP addresses even if the IP addresses you lease me are ones that I get connectivity to from some -different- provider? Perhaps even more importantly, if leasing IP addresses in conjunction with "connectivity", however that term is currently defined, is currently A-OK, but leasing addresses NOT in conjunction with "connectivity" is currently prohibited, then who is enforcing that existing prohibition, how effective is the enforcement, and what are some recent examples of such enforcement? If in fact there is no actual enforcement of what I infer must be a current standing prohibition on leasing NOT in conjunction with connectivity, then what is the point of wasting time debating here the lifting of this prohibition, a prohibition which has no significance in actual practice anyway? Where I live, spitting on the sidewalk is illegal, but that law is never enforced, in practice, and thus I frequently see people spitting on the sidewalk. Given this context, I am not moved to passionately argue either for or against the repeal of our local anti-spitting ordinance, and would perfer instead to devote my time to more meaningful endeavors. Regards, rfg _______________________________________________ ARIN-PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
