[discuss] IPv6 Deployment and IG

Fri Dec 27 20:38:50 UTC 2013

On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 9:33 PM, Ken Stubbs <kstubbs at afilias.info> wrote:

> Pardon my ignorance Nii but,
>
> Why  ?
>

And why should there be NIRs?

> Ken
>
>
> On 12/27/2013 3:20 PM, Nii Narku Quaynor wrote:
>
>> Milton,
>> There are no NIRs in Africa
>> Nii
>>
>> On Dec 27, 2013, at 19:15, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:
>>
>>  All of which ignores the fact that IP addresses are allocated,
>>>> routed, and used topologically, not geographically. Which
>>>> means that all discussion of them in terms of physical
>>>> geography and national boundaries is completely pointless.
>>>>
>>>  From the standpoint of pure technical efficiency, perhaps so. But then
>>> you need to explain to me why we have a growing number of NIRs in Asia and
>>> Africa (including Japan) and I why I spent several months this year trying
>>> to prevent the US DEA and DoJ from imposing jurisdictional boundaries on
>>> ARIN allocations on the basis of a "know your customer" rationale. To me
>>> the explanation seems obvious; if a political authority can align
>>> allocation and assignment authority with their own jurisdiction then they
>>> have more power over Internet uses and users.
>>>
>>> --MM
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