Re: Re: [narten-r/[email protected]: PI addressing in IPv6 advances in ARIN]

At 22:20 17/04/2006, Peter Sherbin wrote:
> > Never assume that political bodies will fund anything in a "neutral" way
> > without asking for influence in return.

Dear Peter,
the UN WSIS said the USA governed the Internet.

>Precisely. That is why I mentioned UN, which is, in theory, a 
>politically neutral
>body working for everyone's good. Another source could be e.g. an 
>Internet Charity
>Fund or a Red Cross.
>I guess the fundamental question is whether IP addresses are for 
>sale or not. If
>they are not, than there is a need for a "neutral" funding to 
>preserve the network
>neutrality. As long as IP addresses are sold deep pockets get an advantage.

a question could be what is different between a telephone number and IP number?

 > > Never assume that political bodies will fund anything in a "neutral" way
> > without asking for influence in return.
> >
> > We (the "we's" that actually *run* the Internet) do NOT want that for
> > the RIRs.
> > Gert Doering
> >         -- NetMaster

I was not aware that anyone ran a distributed network?
May be the problems come from this confusion?
jfc


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