On 10 Dec 2011, at 08:13, Turchanyi Geza wrote:
However, I am not alone. I remember people from Norvege, Germany, Ukraine, etc, sharing the concerns or even expressing better than I did.
Yes, though they seem to be a lot quieter now.
Perhaps also you!
Perhaps. :-) FWIW I am uncomfortable with this proposal, but not enough to oppose the general consensus view. Provided the NCC monitor the situation well, that should give us plenty of warning and time to react if Bad Things start to happen. Famous last words... We should remember that policies do not have to be perfect or live forever. They can always be changed or killed later. Whenever circumstances change, so should our policies. It may well be better to go with a less than perfect policy today (so stuff can get done) than hope the perfect policy might emerge tomorrow (and nothing gets done until that happens). ie First develop something that's "good enough" and then amend it in light of actual experience.
what about these "PI+1 activists"?
This is always a problem. One way or another we're all proponents of free beer. [Economists call things like free beer "externalities": you push your costs and hassles elsewhere so somebody else pays for them.] We just have to live with this. Externalities are inherent to almost every system, not just RIPE policy making.