--- "17. What are the roles of Network Solutions and the InterNIC? NSI^Rs role is to sponsor ARIN, providing assistance to its establishment and providing initial support of ARIN until ARIN is self-funding. Once this is achieved, there will be no ties--financial, management or other--between the two organizations. ARIN will be an independent, non-profit organization responding to its membership. " Since it is not yet self-funding, what, exactly, part is untrue of my statement? -- none - since ARIN is self suporting ARIN is an an independent, non-profit organization responding to its membership. Scott .