At 11:52 4/15/98 -0700, you wrote:

People in the Americas seem to be less important to the American Registry for Internet Numbers than our counter parts in China.

All the questions can probably be answered by noting that ARIN is a non-profit arm of NSI. You don't see InterNIC without the backups (although at last report, even they weren't offsite) because they made $45 million dollars profit last year. Make no money = spend no money. Make obscene profits = spend as little money as humanly possible. Mr. Spammer, meet Mr. Mallet... Dean Robb PC-Easy On-site computer services (757) 495-EASY [3279]