Joe Abley wrote:-

Netgate is an operating name for a service of Telecom NZ. I don't think there is any doubt that if anybody owns Netgate, Telecom NZ does :)

Providers who connect to Netgate will know that its a Telecom NZ owned service. They get these regular peices of paper from them demanding money :-) However, most other folk may not know. Netgate, NZGATE, NZIX are words which get thrown around and I can see there is general confusion about what they mean.

Portability of addresses in general is a different issue (and one that is rather clear-cut for new address allocations); however, it would certainly benefit from wider exposure at the face-to-face as there is still much confusion in the user community on this issue.

There are more than a few people who believe they "own" address space, and that they have a right to have it routed to whereever they live. And then there are others who think they should be able to own address space so they can move between upstream providers without having to renumber. Can of worms people :-)

Notice I said "can" and not "should" :)

I think we should always apsire to do what "should be done" rather than whats possible. It helps stretch our minds a little :-) regards Peter Mott Chief Enthusiast 2Day Internet Limited http://www.2day.net.nz -/-

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