Keith, thank you for your message. I personally agree that topologically speaking the LINX is an excellent place for a 2nd root nameserver. I also agree that from a routing standpoint such a box should not be in any particular ISP's AS and it should not be operated by a particular ISP either unless there is very wide and stable consensus that this is the right thing to do. At the RIPE meeting I would like to establish consensus about the physical location (LINX, telehouse), the routing location (LINX AS or dedicated AS) and the operations. About the latter I personally think that operation by the RIPE NCC in cooperation with the LINX is a good soloution. While I may be somewhat biased in favour of the NCC ;-), I think this is good because it would allow all ISPs in the region to buy into the soloution rather than only the LINX members. After all the NCC's role in life is to be the neutral place where all ISPs in the region can do things they need to do together. Do I make sense? Daniel