<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="">Yes… They happen to use resources from other regions in Africa without Africans objecting, but when someone<div class="">uses resources from Africa elsewhere, suddenly this is (despite not being a violation of any written rule) somehow</div><div class="">supposedly a problem.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I was asked to provide examples of how the statement in RFC7020 is inaccurate. I provided concrete examples.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Noah has agreed that they prove my point.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Owen</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 22, 2021, at 15:11 , Mirriam <<a href="mailto:mirriamlauren@yahoo.com" class="">mirriamlauren@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1629670118315" class="">Hi Owen,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Let me also point out that, the examples you have given of Akamai and Hurricane are not vaporwares.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1629670172131" class="">In fact, both companies have invested in putting in place telecommunication network to serve customers in Africa besides their many customers in America. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1629670041364" class="">My understanding is that they use small number of their IP resources on their small network in Africa to provide services to the customers in Africa.</div><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1629670090164" class=""><br class=""></div><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1629670108617" class=""><br class=""></div><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1629670091575" class="">Mirriam.</div><br class=""><div id="ymail_android_signature" class=""><a id="ymail_android_signature_link" href="https://go.onelink.me/107872968?pid=InProduct&c=Global_Internal_YGrowth_AndroidEmailSig__AndroidUsers&af_wl=ym&af_sub1=Internal&af_sub2=Global_YGrowth&af_sub3=EmailSignature" class="">Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android</a></div> <br class=""> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;" class=""> <div style="font-family:Roboto, sans-serif; color:#6D00F6;" class=""> <div class="">On Sun, Aug 22, 2021 at 8:28 PM, Owen DeLong via Community-Discuss</div><div class=""><<a href="mailto:community-discuss@afrinic.net" class="">community-discuss@afrinic.net</a>> wrote:</div> </div> <div style="padding: 10px 0 0 20px; margin: 10px 0 0 0; border-left: 1px solid #6D00F6;" class=""> _______________________________________________<br clear="none" class="">Community-Discuss mailing list<br clear="none" class=""><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Community-Discuss@afrinic.net" href="mailto:Community-Discuss@afrinic.net" class="">Community-Discuss@afrinic.net</a><br clear="none" class=""><a shape="rect" href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss" target="_blank" class="">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss</a><br clear="none" class=""> </div> </blockquote></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>