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<blockquote type="cite" class="">On 27 Aug 2021, at 5:18 PM, Paul Wollner <<a href="mailto:paul.wollner@africaoncloud.net" class="">paul.wollner@africaoncloud.net</a>> wrote:<br class="">
There are always two sides to a story.<br class="">
There are always two sides to a story. <a href="https://lists.arin.net/pipermail/arin-ppml/2021-" class="">https://lists.arin.net/pipermail/arin-ppml/2021-</a>August/068571.html<br class="">
<div class="">Dear John:</div>
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<div class="">The statements you made are very misleading.</div>
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<div class="">Here are some clarifications: ...</div>
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<div class="">Two sides Indeed. I’ll spare the AFRINIC community from sharing entire discussion that just went down in the nanog and arin-ppml mailing lists – one can always review the referenced email archive if interested. </div>
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<div class="">In short, Mr. Lu and I engaged on some points of discussion regarding my recent ARIN blog post <<a href="https://teamarin.net/2021/08/27/afrinic-and-the-stability-of-the-internet-number-registry-system/" class="">https://teamarin.net/2021/08/27/afrinic-and-the-stability-of-the-internet-number-registry-system/</a>> </div>
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<div class="">Upon review, I find no errors in the original article and reiterate – </div>
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<div class=""><i class="">Furthermore, and without reservation, ARIN stands by its unwavering commitment to support AFRINIC and will take any and all measures necessary to ensure that neither the African networking community, nor the global Internet number
registry system, is operationally impacted during this period. AFRINIC was formed (and has accomplished so much) for the benefit of the African networking community and ARIN stands with the community in dealing with those who seek to disrupt or exploit it
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<div class="">Suffice to say that I also took the opportunity to pose to Mr. Lu the question of its AFRINIC number resources and whether
<b style="font-style: italic;" class="">Cloud Innovation’s use of the blocks in question is within the remit and purpose for which they were originally justified
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<div class="">One would hope that such a simple matter of fact would be quite simple to provide to the community, but apparently that is not the case. </div>
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<div class="">Best wishes,</div>
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<div class="">John Curran</div>
<div class="">President and CEO</div>
<div class="">American Registry for Internet Numbers</div>
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