<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 3:29 AM Ronald F. Guilmette <<a href="mailto:rfg@tristatelogic.com">rfg@tristatelogic.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">In message <<a href="mailto:7DFE61F1-1FDE-4F53-AC41-B95D4CB4A9F7@delong.com" target="_blank">7DFE61F1-1FDE-4F53-AC41-B95D4CB4A9F7@delong.com</a>>, <br>
Owen DeLong <<a href="mailto:owen@delong.com" target="_blank">owen@delong.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>Note that Ronald makes it clear that entities which have no nexus in the<br>
>AFRINIC service region should not be eligible for membership.<br>
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Just to clarify, that's not exactly what I said. I quoted the Bylaws.<br>
They say that one must have -both- a business footprint in the region<br>
-and- also must be providing some (unspecified) amount of service<br>
within the region.<br></blockquote><div> </div><div>The practise across the Internet is that, majority of the usage is local/regional and a small % is outer-region to support expansion or connectivity back into the region.</div><div><br></div><div>Pretty much all LIR in all regions operate at a local scale and a few with massive economies of scale expand out especially the so called hyperscalers and tier-1 providers so to speak.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>Noah</div></div></div>