Hello, 

It looks like Owen and Cloud Innovation have decided to not respond to John on 
this trivial question.
This is an important discussion point as AFRINIC has always been in need-based 
allocation mode.

Silence from a very vocal person is also an answer.
Thanks John for asking.

— Gregoire



> On Aug 8, 2021, at 9:21 AM, John Curran <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On 6 Aug 2021, at 6:05 AM, John Curran <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> On 5 Aug 2021, at 6:04 PM, Owen DeLong via Community-Discuss 
>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> ...
>>> ALL LIRs lease INRs. Many do it in relation to also providing
>>> connectivity services. Cloud Innovation also does it in relation
>>> to providing connectivity services in some (but not all) cases.
>>> 
>>> ... We (Cloud Innovation) have customers just like any other LIR.
>>> 
>>> We (Cloud Innovation) assign addresses to them for use on internet
>>> connected hosts, just like any other LIR. The only distinction between
>>> us (Cloud Innovation) and most other LIRs is that we will do so regardless
>>> of whether we are the provider of that connectivity or not.
>> 
>> Owen - 
>> 
>> Thanks for the above – I believe it is helpful in clarifying how the IP 
>> address blocks are being used today.  For my understanding, is this same 
>> purpose for which they were originally requested and issued?
> 
> Owen - 
> 
> You have posted dozens of messages to this list of rationale asserting Cloud 
> Innovation’s legitimacy in number resource matters, even going so face as 
> observing that they are "a model citizen of the IP number resource using 
> community” and a party with “meticulous” record keeping.  You have also taken 
> to responding to many messages on this list detailing their IP number 
> resource utilization as proper, and have no issue identifying as “We (Cloud 
> Innovation)” in those responses. 
> 
> Surely you could do the AFRINIC community the courtesy of an answer to a 
> single question about their number resource utilization – i.e. a yes/no 
> question of fact regarding the number resources that Cloud Innovation 
> obtained from AFRINIC and that now appear subject to dispute with AFRINIC?    
> (While I am sure that many have found your many assertions enlightening, it 
> is often helpful to have clear statements of fact in order keep discussions 
> well-informed and anchored to reality.) 
> 
> Again, for clarity – “Is Cloud Innovation’s usage today of the number 
> resources for the same purpose for which they were originally requested and 
> issued?”  This simple question is certainly something that the community has 
> a reasonable right to know – and should be trivial to answer given your 
> exhaustive knowledge demonstrated in correspondence already on the matter. 
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> /John
> 
> John Curran
> President and CEO
> American Registry for Internet Numbers
> 
> 
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