On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM Owen DeLong via ARIN-PPML <[email protected]> wrote: > Exactly what Jay said. David’s definitions are livable, but why not join > the rest of the world in using globally accepted terminology rather than > contorting the definition of ISP because we can.
Hi Owen, Because using the same term as the rest of the world might lead people to think it means the same thing here that it does there. Which it doesn't. But you already knew that. For anyone who doesn't know what I'm digging at: ARIN doesn't delegate address management to countries and states as happens in other regions. Those regions call country-level registries "local," as in Local Internet Registry (LIR). We _could_ do that if we changed the policies that way, but it would be a major change: not just picking preferred terminology. Instead, ARIN lets organizations which provide network infrastructure to their customers manage the IP addresses used with that infrastructure. You know: providers of Internet service, sometimes called ISPs. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin [email protected] https://bill.herrin.us/ _______________________________________________ ARIN-PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
