>Gordon Cook a �crit:
>>
>> While all attention has been focused on the DNSO, on feb 5th three major
>> commercial ISP associations submitted and application for an address
>> supporting organization which as far as i know what did not make it into
>> anyones press releases.
>
>> http://www.icann.org/aso/aso-app.rtf
michael sondow asks:
>While these are certainly among the most important representative
>organizations of ISPs, none of the regional registries are
>signatories to the proposal. Don't you think that this, in itself,
>is enough for the proposal not to be accepted, in view of the fact
>that the regional registries are reported to be preparing an ASO
>proposal and have undoubtedly been in touch with ICANN?
>
>I'm not disputing your grievance at the way this proposal seems to
>have been shuffled under the table. But I think there may be
>perfectly valid reasons why it has not been put forth by ICANN as
>the ASO proposal.
allegedly the address organizations are set up to serve and be responsive
to the isp constituencies to which they hand out addresses. the fact that
major ISP trade associations would put together a proposal on their own and
submitt it independently of arin ripe and apnic speaks to a degree of
disenchantment that I did not realize was there.
I also have some degree of evidence that ICANN informed RIPE ARIN and APNIC
as to the nature of the ASO it expected. Just as the IETF is ready to
throw out the PSO rather than capitulate, i suspect that another
explanation of what's going on here is that ripe arin and apnic may be
refusing to capitulate to ICANN demands.
i am doing an interview this afternoon that should shed some light on this.
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