[Community-Discuss] History Lesson -- Looting AFRINIC -- The Beginning

[Ronald F. Guilmette]

In message <78116508-06EA-4AB7-8823-828F4FEC561A at gmail.com>, 
Brian Sowers <b.sowers154 at gmail.com> wrote:


>Ah yes, the great african heist-your claim to fame. Did RIPE or

>AFRINIC ever express their thanks for your great work?


Yes, actually, they did.


>As much as I wish for Africa to develop her internet, her attempts to recall

>IP spaces back to her domain is too little, too late.


Fortunately, it's not up to you.


>How can AFRINIC justify putting both global internet stability AND African

>internet stability at risk?


They are not putting anything at risk except the windfall profits of ONE
exceptionally greedy foreign buccaneer capitalist.  Everything else is just
spin and fake news, and has already been proven, repeatedly, to be so.


>Mind you, according to your work, 1/6 of Cloud's IP spaces route through

>AFRICA.


I have no idea where you are getting this figure, but I guess that you are
pulling out of your backside, along with the rest of your uninformed
personal opinions.  I certainly have never made any such assertion.

That last time that *I* looked, some months ago now, well over 90% of
Cloud Innovation's AFRNIC-issued IPv4 space was routed to places that
were not even anywhere near Africa.


Regards,
rfg


P.S.  Please remind me again... Who did you say was paying you?

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