Daniel Karrenberg <Daniel.Karrenberg@ripe.net> wrote:
I fully agree with you. However we get a significan number of requests from enterprises who -at this point- do not want "Internet service" but want to build private internets with other enterprises. This demonstrates that there is an intrinsic value in the uniqueness of a number even without "Internet service" with a capital I. I believe that IRs should continue to provide this uniqueness for reasonable requests.
This is very similar to the position we are in - we have obtained registered addresses in the first instance (i.e. as a solution to an immediate problem) to make interconnections to other companies' networks. However, we also wished to have unique addresses for future direct Internet access, and made this clear in our applications. Having gone through the considerable hassle of setting up an enterprise registry and renumbering our networks with registered addresses, we would take a very dim view if we were then told that our addresses were then not routable over the Internet at large! Andrew Cowie uk.royal Extra X400 information begins: Originator Name: COWIEA Org Units: LIVERPOOL Organisation: NHP Domain: GB/IBMX400/ROYINT Node.Userid: IBMX400.116780 Message Id: A70726C5.MAI Sent by Name: COWIEA Org Units: LIVERPOOL Organisation: NHP Domain: GB/IBMX400/ROYINT Node.Userid: IBMX400.116780 Free Fmt Name: COWIE, Andrew / NHP Subject: RE: PI VS PA ADDRESS SPACE Recipients Name: INET INET Domain: GB/IBMX400/IBMMAIL Node.Userid: IBMMAIL.INET Free Fmt Name: INET, INET Reply request: No