NSI and competition to RIPE and APNIC

Sun May 11 12:12:00 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?
> So said the franchisee to me by phone.  

Well, since we can be fairly confident that part is false, we should be very
suspicious of the rest, eh?

randy