Dear Mr Loubser,
At 06:56 PM 29-09-2018, Coenraad Loubser wrote:
I would like to add that we wholeheartedly support the current
recommendations - and that they do perhaps provide enough of a
platform to address the issue.
Thank you for the feedback on that section.
The caveat is that, for an LIR, there is still the initial hurdle to
cross, that has not been "smoothed out", and which the suggested
provision can "smooth out" - which I would like to unpack more.
I'll comment below.
Also, the addition of a clause such as the revenue-based one
proposed could potentially free up the board and/or CEO from having
to consider a number of individual applications - something that
could also be a restricting factor if the opportunities for such
reviews are spaced too far apart, or if they turn out to be too time
consuming. Ie. if an ISP is starting up, and can be convinced to get
its own ASN, but has to wait some months before it can actually get
it, it might just start without it and conclude that it's not really
necessary - and only revisit the benefits much later when truly
necessary - or never.
Is the time taken for getting approval for a discount a major factor
for getting a new LIR to have its own ASN? It looks like the other
parts of setting up the operation could take more time; I am assuming
that there isn't sequential processing.
I suppose that there is another side to this is - and that is the
possibility for "fly-by-night" ASNs - or ones created to be used for
nefarious purposes and then discarded. although I am not sure if
there is a blanket control for the board to reject an any
application, is there? Then again, going through the trouble of
setting up a company, licensing it, getting the financials in place,
and applying for the concession, setting up peering - is likely
enough of a deterrent.
ASN requests are handled by the member services department. The
policies which are used to evaluate the requests are set by the
Policy Development Working Group. I could not think of a reason to
be involved in a decision about the approval of such a request. As a
comment about "blanket control", the usual approach at Board-level is
to see that there are adequate organizational processes.
Regards,
S. Moonesamy
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