On Friday, May 30, 1997 12:18 PM, Sean M. Doran[SMTP:smd@clock.org] wrote: <snip> @ @ So, the answer to the question is, yes, you should be concerned @ about performance issues, and yes, you should be working on a tractable @ scalable engineering plan for both North American and intercontinental @ connectivity, and this should take into account other people's @ real and perceived costs. @ @ In other words, kids, the increasing number of root nameservers @ outside the U.S.A. is a sign that the Internet is internationalizing. @ Engineer for that now, or you're probably in for a bumpy ride as @ various governments including your own stop subsidizing your @ connectivity elsewhere. @ Sean, Thanks for the great response. You are correct, the Internet is "internationalizing". Rather then spread Root Name Servers "thin" around the world, it seems more prudent to deploy distinct Root Name Server Confederations in the various regions that are well connected. These confederations can be kept in "synch" via a variety of software and procedural mechanisms. Work in this area has proved this to be the case with no operational problems. It is unfortunate that many people around the world are frightened and strong-armed into thinking that they have to follow a couple people's orders or they will break the Internet. Via education, this is changing. Hopefully, NANOG will help to continue to educate people. -- Jim Fleming Unir Corporation http://www.Unir.Corp