I think that we should be very clear in any statements that we make that our view is that the IETF is the arbiter of standards for the Internet and that while we welcome any input that the ITU has to make to that standards process we would be very unhappy to see any steps to see competing standards emerge. The ITU tried that thirty years ago with their support of the OSI protocol stack. It was not useful or successful then and a rerun would be counter productive. I think the statement below gets it pretty well and we should add our support for this: "The Internet is an unprecedented success thanks to open, globally interoperable standards," added Lynn St. Amour, President and CEO of the Internet Society. "This action takes us away from the path of global interoperability. It will have a detrimental effect on the long term health of the Internet, and reduce the benefits to all of us as users. It is imperative that the IETF continues to move forward to develop the MPLS standard in the appropriate way, to ensure the continued health of the Internet as a source of innovation for the future."