AT&T is the Key to the InterNIC Info

[Jim Fleming <JimFleming at doorstep.unety.net>]

Steve,

Since we now know that the IETF list works,
maybe you can tell everyone how AT&T plans
to play out the final days of the InterNIC...

As you can see, NSI is required to give AT&T
all of the information and AT&T is required to make
it available to the "entire Internet community".

Will AT&T be doing that ?

@@@@ http://rs.internic.net/nsf/review/section2.html

"NSI agreed to:

``... [provide the information from these assignments] to the directory and 
database services provider to be made available to the entire Internet 
community.''

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The "directory and database services provider" is AT&T.

AT&T should have all of the "information" from the assignments.
AT&T has the duty to make that information available to the "Internet 
community".
That is what AT&T agreed to do, as their part of the InterNIC contract
with the U.S. Government, via the NSF.

Surely AT&T understands what they have contracted to do
and will step forward and provide the required information as
the InterNIC contract(s) end. The AT&T contract lasts well
beyond the year 2000. The NSI contract ends soon. One
would assume that AT&T will be called upon to help manage
the transition for the next couple of years.

AT&T
DS Award - $4,543,336 (Estimated) - Expires September 30, 2003 (Estimated)
http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/showaward?award=9218179

GA
IS Award - $4,793,092 - Expires September 30, 1998
http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/showaward?award=9218748

NSI
RS Award - $4,369,334 (Estimated) - Expires September 30, 1998 (Estimated)
http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/showaward?award=9218742

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Jim Fleming
Unir Corporation
IBC, Tortola, BVI