Hi!
Does anyone believe that RIPE is not a "natural monopoly" for IP registry services in Europe ?
If you look at the service comparision matrix of the different RIRs (as published by RIPE), you can see that apparently all of them offer their service to anyone, not only their regional constituency.
you're quite correct. in american, i believe that's called a cartel.
Is this really a cartel ? There are probably different pricing schemes and rules for each RIR ? http://www.ripe.net/rs/rir-comp-matrix-rev.html So, if someone does not like RIPE NCC services, get your IPs and ASes from one of the other RIRs ? Anything that does prohibit this ? Has anyone tried yet ? -- MfG/Best regards, Kurt Jaeger 17 years to go ! LF.net GmbH fon +49 711 90074-23 pi@LF.net Ruppmannstr. 27 fax +49 711 90074-33 D-70565 Stuttgart mob +49 171 3101372