The request for a business plan was unreal. One of our customers was ready to demand the business plan for the last large provider who requested numbers. Has NET-99 been frustrated with the process ? Yes. Have we screwed up our SWIP's at times ? Yes. Has the Nic lost requests we sent in for domain names etc ? Yes. Is the Nic busy ? We all know that answer. More routes, more numbers more eveything is going to cost us in the end. When it comes to these numbers its time more of us had a say in controlling our own future. I support an increase in funding for the Nic. I have told them this many times. I also support the recall of unused or under-used numbers. By default I feel we the provider are in the position of telling our future customers why we are going to limit the amount of ip numbers we issue. Yes, I know SWIP them and they get more. Try telling that to a company who has just signed up and paid big dollars to do a nationwide 56k frame deal. Try listening to a customer saying he or she can get more numbers from another provider. Bottom line: Lets try to fix this in a common sense fashion and a reasonable time. It is possible. Joseph Stroup