On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM William Herrin <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > I think you are referring to National Internet Registries (NIRs), which are not called Local Internet Registries (LIRs) and are not confused with LIRs. > 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. > -- =============================================== David Farmer Email:[email protected] Networking & Telecommunication Services Office of Information Technology University of Minnesota 2218 University Ave SE Phone: 612-626-0815 Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029 Cell: 612-812-9952 ===============================================
_______________________________________________ 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.
