On Monday, February 17, 1997 9:20 AM, Karl Denninger[SMTP:karl@Mcs.Net] wrote: @ > @ > Well, folks, in spite of the claim by Perry, Don and crew that Alternic @ > is going nowhere, it seems that GTE (thats correct, the telco giant) @ > has at least a little faith in Alternic root.db! @ > @ @ Confirmed. @ @ Cthulu:${PWD##}> dig ns . @pooh.netops.gtefsd.com @ Yes folks...I think that all of the education that people have been providing is paying off with the "big boys" and I do not mean the large human types. I suggest that everyone continue to focus on the round table. Dot is in the center of the table. The U.S. Government will want (and deserves) a seat (or a couple seats) at the table. There are places for many participants. The IANA and Network Solutions, Inc. are trying to keep up with the pace that you are setting. They have finally deployed some TRUE Root Name Servers. People claim that the NSF should be all about science and research. It is interesting that the leading edge research is now being done in the private sector and the NSF dollars are funding people to be registration bookeepers and clerks. Hopefully, this last situation can be turned around over the next year. As more and more registries are created as clones of the InterNIC the NSF can transition back to the world of science and research. We need to move forward. People need to focus on the issues of IN-ADDR.ARPA and begin moving those delegations to regional registries operated by commercial companies. One of the "big boys" recently told me that they are willing to donate their /8 to the cause of Internet registry progress. If that starts to occur, then we can open up all of these IP address allocation issues and allow ISPs to grow without InterNIC interference. There is much work to do.... -- Jim Fleming Unir Corporation e-mail: JimFleming@unety.net JimFleming@unety.s0.g0 (EDNS/IPv8)