It was not a troll. Tim has been involved in ICANN issues for quite some time now. Specifically ICANN/DNSO. We now have targeted working groups that are looking at exactly this issue. Points have been raised and Tim simply seems to be trying to gather information. Since many/none of you do not seem to be involved there, he is asking here. Believe it or not, your input is desired.

-----Original Message----- From: William Allen Simpson [mailto:wsimpson@greendragon.com] Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 10:02 AM To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: Stability of the Internet?

Based on the email address, this was probably a troll.

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Anyway, the fact that some of us now block BGP acceptance for the new.net blocks, because it causes us support costs, would be an argument that the Internet is less "stable".

"Tim Langdell, PhD" wrote:

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Yes, I was asking specifically about "stability" (with a

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someone perhaps try to explain what that might mean other

request that than a term to

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scare people with) rather than "compatibility". BTW, I don't think ".house" is a New.net TLD ;-)