[AfriNIC-rpd] IPv4 Soft Landing

[McTim]

Ata,

As the new co-chair of the PDWG, I urge you to read the archived
discussions on this mailing list regarding this proposal.

I think you will find that the aim of the proposal is in line with
what you seek.  The current text is a compromise that has reached
consensus.

Regards,

McTim

On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 6:31 PM, ata <psmata2g8 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Upstream ISP's are paid to render
>
> services.The services they render are
>
> not for free but for a fee.We pay
>
> upstream ISP's to carry our traffic.
> if Upstream ISP's run out of resources,
>
> we are not expected to provides
>
> resources to them and pay them as well
>
> for hosting the services they claim
>
> they can render.
> In this regard the IPv4 soft landing
>
> policy referring to the use of african
>
> resouces is not in the interest of
>
> Africans as there is high demand for
>
> IPv4 dual stacking on the african
>
> continent.
>
> In this regard, i propose that we
>
> maintain the IP resources within Africa
>
> and instead demand the the remote
>
> foreign operator/peer provide
> their  IP numbers on our African
>
> continent.
>
> Let the foreign provider use their IP
>
> address to provide transit or peering
>
> services locally.
>
>  This will not only promote business in
>
> Africa but also further improves the
>
> hosting services on the continent. We
>
> are promoting Internet exchange
>
> points(IXP) around the world, and
>
> Africa is no exception.
>
> Routing traffic through and on the
>
> African continent is not a crime.
> I will propose that African resources
>
> be used solely within the African
>
> region.
>
> Regards,
> Ata Redeemer
>
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