"Alex.Bligh" <amb@xara.net> writes:
Historically the way to prevent such market disfunction has been regulation of this sort. Which is exactly what Internic, RIPE, etc. do. However, where regulation is different in different geographical areas in what is effectively a global market place, it causes problems. c.f. the telecoms industry.
That is true and we work very hard to align all regional registries to the extent possible. I see no major differences causingproblems at the moment. If there are, please point them out.
I agree. The regional registries meet several times a year as well as keeping in close contact via email to coordinate our policies as much as possible. We are aware of geographical differences and try to make allowances for them as much as possible. I think the majority of the problems with IP numbers pretty much transcend any international boundaries. Kim
Daniel