31 Jan
1996
31 Jan
'96
1:45 p.m.
It had been pointed out several times before that hierarchical routing has an *inherently* monopolistic aspect - it ties an organization whose addresses have to be aggregated with the organization that aggregates these addresses (aggregator).
Having an open consortium / association managing large aggregated spaces therefore is somewhat beneficial, in that it isn't competing with its members at any level. -george