[rpd] New Policy Proposal - "Anti-Shutdown (AFPUB-2017-GEN-001-DRAFT-01)"

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Hi Honest,
At 12:58 12-04-2017, Honest Ornella GANKPA wrote:
>If Afrinic refuses to provide services and revoke ressources to our 
>national ISP, it affects a large amount of Benin's internet users. 
>Is that not punishing Benin's internet users community? It might not 
>be the intent but has the same effect

I asked the third question [1] to the authors of the proposal as I 
was not sure whether it would cover the above case.

You asked a good question.  Is it appropriate to refuse to provide or 
revoke resources for an Internet Service Provider which services over 
50% of the users in a country?  I asked the president of ISOC 
Mauritius for his opinion about the proposal.  I also pointed users 
in the country to the proposal as I cannot speak on their behalf.

What if there was an internet shutdown in Mauritius?  Would it affect 
the operations of the national ISP in Benin?

Regards,
S. Moonesamy

1. https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2017/006508.html