Tim, Right on target.

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From: Vadim Antonov <avg@sprint.net> To: Daniel.Karrenberg@ripe.net, avg@sprint.net Subject: Re: Has PSI been assigned network 1?

Daniel, it shows that you live in the world where 1000+ internet service providers isn't reality yet :)

A half of them has to be explained how route announcement is different from broadcasting. Forget about good citizenship -- they may be willing but they must be educated first. [...]

Educated by whom?

It seems to me that this education is one of the services that small ISPs ought to expect of their national service providers.

Conversely, it seems that the rest of the community ought to expect that national service providers will be responsible for educating their customers, (e.g., ISPs).

-tjs After all, if cooperation and education of new customers was important when the Internet was younger, then it's all the more important now. -- Guy