There's been some discussions and trials in the past between InternetNZ and the Telco Carrier Forum. As far as I know there are no current plans to delegate the domain. It is worth noting that the ITU will only delegate the domain if instructed to by the MED, so the MED would need to be satisfied with whomever is proposed to operate it. DPF -----Original Message----- From: Joe Abley [mailto:jabley(a)hopcount.ca] Sent: 23 December 2008 12:53 p.m. To: JONES JAMES F Cc: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: [nznog] enum On 2008-12-22, at 18:44, JONES JAMES F wrote:

Is anyone doing anything with 4.6.e164.arpa domain?

[cuticle:~]% dig 4.6.e164.arpa soa ; <<>> DiG 9.4.2-P2 <<>> 4.6.e164.arpa soa ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 3833 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;4.6.e164.arpa. IN SOA ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: e164.arpa. 0 IN SOA ns-pri.ripe.net. e164-contacts.ripe.net. 2008122301 14400 3600 2419200 14400 ;; Query time: 381 msec ;; SERVER: 199.212.90.6#53(199.212.90.6) ;; WHEN: Mon Dec 22 18:52:52 2008 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 96 [cuticle:~]% I would guess no. Joe _______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog

On 2008-12-23, at 09:16, Leo Vegoda wrote:

On 23/12/2008 5:34, "David Farrar" wrote:

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There's been some discussions and trials in the past between InternetNZ and the Telco Carrier Forum. As far as I know there are no current plans to delegate the domain.

It is worth noting that the ITU will only delegate the domain if instructed to by the MED, so the MED would need to be satisfied with whomever is proposed to operate it.

I suppose we'll find out soon enough:

http://www.ripe.net/maillists/ncc-archives/enum-announce/2008/msg00011.html

Impressive nameserver diversity in that proposal: nserver: enum1.freedomnet.co.nz nserver: enum1.freedomnet.co.nz Joe