On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, Greg Skinner wrote:
> Michael Sondow wrote:
>
> > I think that the smaller ISPs are too intimidated by the power of
> > the upstream providers to make any sort of complaint. Only an
> > organization like ISPA could do that, and they won't because the
> > power there is with the larger independent ISPs who control their
> > own block.
>
> Have the smaller ISPs ever approached EuroISPA or any of the other ISP
> associations and asked them to lobby on their behalf?
I served as a representative of the ISP/C at the IFWP meetings. I attended
one of the meetings(Switzerland) discussing what the RIRs would look like
under ICANN. The meeting was almost totally dominated by RIR
representatives since all the fun was happening in the other room where
domain names were being discussed and I felt an obligation to involve
myself with the issue of addresses.) The RIR representatives
single-mindedly attempted a vote disallowing any direct involvement
external to the given RIR(such as by small ISPs) to affect RIR policy in
any way. It was certainly an eye-opening display of arrogance and
resistance to the input of the governed.
With all that said, I stand by what I stated in my previous message to
Michael. From what I've seen, the movements of the RIRs has been generally
positive.
I'd also point out that Alec Peterson and Justin Newton both sit on the
ARIN advisory council and are also board members of the ISP/C.
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