Subject: Re: NRIC Monitoring ISPs
On Aug 25, 12:43pm, Sean Donelan wrote: * *On Fri, 25 August 2000, Roy wrote: *> Since the NRIC is contacting industry groups, it seems to me that they should *> contact NANOG! Perhaps NRIC will present at the next meeting? * *I've only been to one NRIC meeting. What a snore. Not even any good *hallway/bar conversations. * *The problem with the Internet is it either has too many industry groups *or not enough. CIX, ITAA, ISP/C, TISPA, ISOC, IETF, ICANN, IOPS, ASPF, *etc. And AOL is a industry representative of one. The reality is NRIC *or the FCC has no idea who to contact about Internet issues. I suspect, *but don't know, NRIC sent a letter to IOPS and considers that the industry. Close! But no cigar. Although IOPS communicates with NRIC through the CNRI-based IOPS coordinator (Ira Richer) who earns that by attending their meetings, NRIC is actually planning on contacting around 50 ISPs, Telcos doing ISP-like stuff, some of the larger vendors as well as some industry groups - all independently. Kelly J. -- Kelly J. Cooper - Internet Security Officer GENUiTY - Main # - 800-632-7638 3 Van de Graaff Drive - Fax - 781-262-2819 Burlington, MA 01803 - http://www.genuity.net