Re: The Green Paper is One Small Component

[Jim Dixon <jdd at vbc.net>]

On Thu, 19 Mar 1998, Karl Denninger wrote:

> You're very wrong Jim.

Nope.
 
> For example, look at who owns the current "IANA" root nameservers.
> 
> Then consider how many of those have federal funding ties.

There are 13 root name servers.  There are tens of thousands of name
servers.  Even if the root name servers and their operating costs were
fully funded by the US government - and they are not - the total cost
would still be an inconsequential part of the cost of running the
DNS.
  
> When you get done with this little exercise in who is funding this CRITICAL
> infrastructure component, you may have a slightly different view of things.
> 
> The Internet as a whole has been content to suck at the Federal Teat now 
> for years in the form of critical infrastructure and connectivity. 

A 45 Mbps pipe across the Atlantic costs about $500,000 a month.  That
is, one connection between the US and Europe costs roughly as much as
what the US government pays IANA annually. 
 
> Now you want to bitch when the people holding the purse come asking for
> you to comply with what the believe is US Federal law?
>
> Give me a break.

Give us a break, Karl.  You know perfectly well how little the US 
government pays towards the cost of running the Internet.

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