Paul Wilson and Geoff Huston of APNIC on IP address allocation ITU v/s ICANN etc

Fri May 27 22:57:17 UTC 2005

On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 06:52:26PM -0400, Randy Bush wrote:
> 
> btw, i just remembered something from the distant past which is
> relevant to geoff's stuff on the wsis geo allocation kink.
> 
> jon postel tried per-country allocations back in the late '80s.
> this was especially in the new african networks.  e.g. a block
> to south africa etc.
> 
> both south africa and jon found it to be a disaster and backed
> out. uneven policy.  big waste.  horrible local political
> pressure on the local allocator.  ...  it was a mess and gained
> nothing.
> 
> unfortunately jon has since died, as has vic shaw the main guy
> on the south african end.  but folk over there such as mike
> lawrie, jacot guillarmad, chris pinkham, alan barrett should
> remember.  and i have some of the email, fwiw.

	there are archives in several places...

> 
> not that any of this will change the minds of those thinking
> this a path to increased power.
> 
> randy