On Aug 13, 2010, at 6:03 PM, Ken Chase wrote:
I don't know what to suggest, but perhaps a more binding set of policies for ARIN members to engage in policing/responding to shutdown requests on the community's behalf and some penalties for not upholding agreements is in order.
Ken - Be careful what you ask for... There is a fairly significant difference between ARIN administering number resources (as a trade association based on a body of openly-developed policy) and parties deciding not to engage in business with suppliers or customers except under certain conditions. Some countries prohibit discussions of collective business actions of any form, unless the government is involved to insure that the public interest is protected. As Vadim noted, you can certainly bilaterally negotiate with another ISP regarding the nature of the routes/IP addresses/traffic that you exchange, but you might want to seek counsel before trying such on a collective basis... /John John Curran President and CEO ARIN