NSI and competition to RIPE and APNIC

Sun May 11 11:14:00 UTC 1997

>>> It appears NSI is establishing franchises throughout the world and the
>>> franchisees get commissions on domains and IP nets handed out.
>> And what justification do you have for this rumor?  Or is it more black
>> helicopters?
> I just spoke to a franchisee who gave me all the information listed.  He
> says NSI has something known as "levels" and he is known as a Level II
> franchisee (total of 3 levels - with small local ISPs being level III).
> He did not know who the other franchisees are but did say he saw something
> in the paper about one being set up in UK and in Switzerland.

To allocate IP space?

randy