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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-ZA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Jackson, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I see that you too are now against this policy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>You mention your concern, as should all of ours, be about the lack of broadband penetration in Africa, then how does limiting the access to resources help? Preventing companies from getting resources hinders rather than progresses the rollout of broadband.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Jacob Odame [mailto:jacobodame00@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> 19 December 2017 09:53 AM<br><b>To:</b> Jackson Muthili <jacksonmuthi@gmail.com><br><b>Cc:</b> AfriNIC Board of Directors' List <board@afrinic.net>; ceo@afrinic.net; rpd <rpd@afrinic.net><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [rpd] Two more petitioners<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0B5394;background:white'>These arguments make sense.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#0B5394;background:white'>Cheers</span></i><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#0B5394;background:white'>Jacob</span></i><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 10:37 AM, Jackson Muthili <<a href="mailto:jacksonmuthi@gmail.com" target="_blank">jacksonmuthi@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 12:55 AM, Andrew Alston<br><<a href="mailto:Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com">Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com</a>> wrote:<br>> While I am sorely tempted to respond point to point in your email and give<br>> you a lesson in facts - I will not dignify this nonesense with such.<br><br>You are the convener of opposers. I am open to read those facts.<br><br>> I will however say this - this is the second time you have introduced a<br>> racially biased context into the PDP - and discounted the will of a<br>> significant portion of the member base - based of blatant unsubstantiated<br>> and inaccurate prejudice<br><br>Thank you for the comment.<br><br>The operative words in your comments are :- THE WILL OF A SIGNIFICANT<br>PORTION OF THE MEMBER BASE<br><br>You see this is where the crux of your argument lies and where the problem is.<br><br>In your other email you state this same notion that those opposing<br>contribute 30% of AfriNIC revenue.<br><br>- AfriNIC is a non profit company managing a critical resource (IPs)<br>that is the engine of the internet which the UN already declared a<br>basic human right.<br>- Because of this very nature AfriNIC cant sell IPs to highest<br>bidders in an open market when those highest bidders pay the most<br>revenue. Otherwise yes I will state again that if this was the case<br>South Africa as the strongest economy (or one of the strongest) would<br>just buy off AfriNIC and its miniature IPs and game closed.<br>- You ostentatiously state that every country should be heard equally.<br>Thank you for ignoring the fact that the internet penetration rates<br>and state of the economy in South Africa (where you have convened the<br>largest opposition) - although it can be better - is light years ahead<br>of the other 53 African economies whose interests this policy proposal<br>is trying to protect. To burry your head in the sand and ignore these<br>realities does not take them away.<br><br>J<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>RPD mailing list<br><a href="mailto:RPD@afrinic.net">RPD@afrinic.net</a><br><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd" target="_blank">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>