On 27 Nov 2004, at 20:59, Jonathan Brewer wrote:
Why do companies in New Zealand apply directly to APNIC for portable assignments? APNIC have provided for the existence of National Internet Registries http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/add-manage-policy.html#4.1.2 which can allocate portable space. Is there no such beast in New Zealand? I must assume there is not.
There isn't.
Given the amount of end user organizations who would benefit from portable /23 and /24 assignments, (organizations who would not realisticly qualify for a /22 from APNIC) it would make sense for a National Internet Registry in New Zealand to assign space in a way more suitable to the local environment.
Who would run it? Who would decide its policies? How many endless streams of meetings would be required in order to get any kind of consensus, and who would pay for them? Joe