On Jul 17, 2013, at 4:43 PM, William Herrin <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 5:05 PM, Owen DeLong <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Jul 17, 2013, at 2:36 PM, William Herrin <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Google assignes IP addresses to its servers for SSL. Google owns the >>> servers. The servers cache content from other servers they don't own >>> and index it for searching by google users. >>> >>> ISP or end-user? Why? >> >> Same answer as for Akamai and for the same reasons. >> >> OTOH, if you asked about Google Fiber, then clearly that is an ISP and it is >> a different situation. > > Google Fiber is a small part of the company. Should they have to > register with ARIN separately just for that one small piece?
Now we get to the more interesting situation. I would say that it is up to Google to choose whether to treat GF as a separate business unit with a separate organizational relationship with ARIN or whether to let GF make all of Google into an ISP for purposes of categorization. I think that the latter would unnecessarily complicate life for Google's other business units that mostly look like end-users, but that's Google's business decision to make and not mine. Owen _______________________________________________ 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: http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
