Dear Hank, yes, we currently have a longer than usual (and definitely longer than desirable) delay in responding to member's requests for IP addresses and AS numbers. I agree with you that it would have been better to notify the members who are suffering this condition. I would like to apologize for the overlook. Sometimes one gets so focused on reducing the wait time, other duties suffer. Again apologies as we are working to fix the current situation. regards, Joao Damas Head of External Services RIPE NCC At 12:47 +0200 5/9/00, Hank Nussbacher wrote:
I submitted an ASN request to hostmaster in April 27 and got back:
Please note that currently our working wait queue is long and you might have to wait up to a week for an initial response from a hostmaster. We are sorry for this delay and we are doing our best to bring the response times back to normal as soon as possible.
We are now well past one week. I think the RIPE NCC should at the very least be sending out notices to its customers in the hold queue that they are still backlogged.
Are others waiting just as long?
-Hank