<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Dear </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Sylvain</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Using RSA to manage resource</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">s is extremely dangerous,</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> the RSA should not contain IP management clause</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">s</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> and any clause inside</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> the</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> RSA with </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">the intention of</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">managing </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">the I</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Ps</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">, </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">is</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> invalid in nature. As those clause</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">s have</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> never went through</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">the</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> PDP and </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">have </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">never been</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> a</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> community approved document.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">P address</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">es</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> are</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">public resource</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">s</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">that </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">can only</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> be</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> managed though</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> the</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> PDP. </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">T</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">h</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">e</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> clause</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">s</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> that</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> you</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> have</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> point</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">ed</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> out are not </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">part</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> of</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> the</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> CPM but</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> rather the</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> RSA—</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">which </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">makes them invalid</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">.</span></div><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">A</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">s some other members have point</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">ed </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">out earlier, </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">the </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">CPM </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">is originally </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">design</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">ed</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> to accommodate changes - that’s</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> the exact reason</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> why</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> we have allocation</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">s</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> and assignment</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">s. The</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> lawyers clearly </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">do not</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> understand </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">this</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> and such misunderstandin</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">g</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> went</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> directly</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">to the</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> RSA without</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">community review.</span></div><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Moreover, </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">if you look closely, if AFRINIC is required to re-evaluate</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> the</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> space it</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> has</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> issued in its entire history, </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">not only it is an impossible </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">mission, </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">but</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> I believe all </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">of </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">its member base will disagree </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">and</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> be </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">angry about it.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> don’t think any space issued in 2005 for dial up service </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">is</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">still used for </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">dial</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> up</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> and I</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> don’t believe any hosting provider in 2005 operate</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">s</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> today, wi</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">th the</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> exact same customer composition</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> and the</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> same time as they g</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">ot</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> the space</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">. Business</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">changes and evolve</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">s</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">, especially in the internet space</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> and </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">our industry is still at infancy</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">.</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">It </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">is unrealistic to ask </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">afrinic</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">to </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">up</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">keep</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> and manage </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">an </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">entire continent’s IP usage, and </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">afrinic</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">wasn’t </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">designed </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">for it in the first place.</span></div><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">On the other hand, I believe that an accurate </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">whois</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> update already</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> informs AFRINIC</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> about change</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">of </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">usage which also lets</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">lets</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> the</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> world know the “W</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">hois</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">” who’s using the service.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">As for violation of polices, CPM does define two type of violation</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">s</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">:</span></div><div class="s6" dir="auto" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify; margin-left: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;">1. </span><span class="s5" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I</span></span><span class="s5" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">ncorrect registration</span></span></div><div class="s6" dir="auto" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify; margin-left: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;">2. </span><span class="s5" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Stockpiling.</span></span></div><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">A</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">nd </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">below</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> I </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">will</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">give</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> an exemple of </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">an </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">actual</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">policy</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> violation </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">based</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> on public data</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">(</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">see</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">attached</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">excel</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> file) :</span></div><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">S</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">eacom</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">, a </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">submarine</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">cable</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> provider </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">without</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">any</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">publically</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">known</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">individual</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">end </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">users</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">base(</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">for </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">example</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> FTTH </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">customers</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">) </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">in 2014</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">, </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">was</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">allocated</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> /12 back </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">then</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">, and </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">since</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">then</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">, in</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> the</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">past</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> 7 </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">years</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">, </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">it</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">only</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">used</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> 39% of </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">space</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> range </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">accordi</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">ng</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> to </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">its</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> assignement registration.</span></div><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">A</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">nd none of </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">its</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> registration</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">s</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> are </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">accurate</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">, as </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">defined</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> by </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">policy</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">, an end user </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">using</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> more </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">than</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> 4 </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">IPs</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> must have </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">their</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">name</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">registered</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> in </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">their</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">assignment</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">, </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">where</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">as</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">seacom</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">only</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">register</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">s</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">something</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">like</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">“</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Seacom</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">-MPT-Customer</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">”</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">，</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">in which in over a </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">million</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> space </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">that Seacom</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">has</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">, </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">it </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">ha</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">s</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> never done a single accurate registration.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">While I understand AFRINIC </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">can not</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">disucss</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> individual member’s case in this public space, here are some questions to be thought after:</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">(1) </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Why </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">is </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">seacom</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> being able to carry on with incorrect registration of their customer data and none usage of their space for 7 years?</span> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">(2) Is any internal investigation </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">being </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">carried out on SEACOM for policy violation of section 5.5.1.9, 5.5.1.10 and 2.6 of the CPM?</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> If not, is that fair to other members who received review?</span></div><p class="s7" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify;"><br class=""></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">(3) What is the reason for allowing a submarine cable provider, despite </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">not </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">having any </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">individual </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">end users back in 2014, be issued with such large space range in which was left unused for the past 7 years?</span></div><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: justify;"><br class=""></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">T</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">he </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Afrinic</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> Consolidated Policy Manual </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">reference</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">:</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2;" class=""><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-decoration: underline;">2.4</span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-decoration: underline;"> of CPM</span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-decoration: underline;"> </span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-decoration: underline;">(</span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-decoration: underline;">Allocation</span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-decoration: underline;">)</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2;" class=""><span class="s10" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-style: italic;">To "allocate" means to distribute address space to LIRs for the purpose of subsequent distribution.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2;" class=""><span style="text-align: justify;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-decoration: underline;">2.6 of CPM (Assignment):</span></div><p class="s11" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px; line-height: 1.2;"><span class="s10" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-style: italic;">An assignment is an IP address block given by an LIR to its end-users for their own usage. To “assign” means to delegate address space to an ISP or End User for specific use within the internet infrastructure they operate. Assignments must only be made for specific purposes documented by specific organizations and are not to be sub-assigned to other parties.</span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2;" class=""><span class="s12" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-decoration: underline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">5.3.2 of CPM </span><span class="s12" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-decoration: underline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">(</span><span class="s12" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-decoration: underline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Registration </span><span class="s12" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-decoration: underline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Requirements</span><span class="s12" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-decoration: underline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">)</span><span class="s12" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-decoration: underline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">:</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2;" class=""><span class="s13" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-style: italic; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">All allocations, PI assignments, PA assignments, sub-allocations and other types of resource assignments will be registered in the AFRINIC database. Any unregistered resources will be considered invalid. The registration data (name, IP block/range, contacts, status, etc..) must be correct at all times. This is necessary to support network operations</span><span class="s14" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span></div><div class="s16" dir="auto" style="margin: 0px 5px 8px 18px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify;"><span class="s15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">1. </span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-decoration: underline;">5.5.1.9 of CPM (Utilisation)</span></div><p class="s17" style="margin: 0px 5px 8px 18px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify;"><span class="s10" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-style: italic;">Immediate utilisation of assignments should be at least 25% of the assigned space. After one year, unless special circumstances are defined, it should be at least 50%.</span></p><div class="s6" dir="auto" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify; margin-left: 18px;"><span class="s15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">2. </span><span class="s12" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-decoration: underline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">5.2.1.4 of CPM (</span><span class="s19" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-decoration: underline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Conservation)</span><span class="s12" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-decoration: underline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> :</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify; margin-left: 18px;" class=""><span class="s13" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-style: italic; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">To maximize the lifetime of the public Internet address space resource, addresses must be distributed according to actual need and on the basis of immediate use. Therefore, stockpiling of address space and maintaining reservations must, in general, be avoided.</span></div><p class="s21" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; margin-left: 36px;"><br class=""></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify; margin-left: 18px;" class=""><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-decoration: underline;">5.5.1.10 of CPM (Reservations not supported):</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify; margin-left: 18px;" class=""><span class="s10" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-style: italic;">End-users are not permitted to reserve address space based on long term plans. This violates the goal of conservation and fragments the address space when initial forecasts are not met. If an LIR wants to assign address space for customers, it must make the assignments from any unallocated </span><span class="s10" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-style: italic;">or unassigned address space it currently holds. For the purposes evaluating allocation requests, space reserved by an LIR for other customers is considered unused.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify; margin-left: 18px;" class=""><span class="s10" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-style: italic;"><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify; margin-left: 18px;" class=""><span class="s10" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-style: italic;"></span></div></body></html>