i don't think the routing registries have signed contracts with ICANN yet
>On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, at 17:58 [=GMT-0400], Richard J. Sexton wrote:
>
>> >> We need to find our own solution to the new TLD problem, and the
>> >> cooperative maintenance of the Virtual Inclusive Root.
>> >
>> >Burying your head in the sand and wishing the problem away won't make it
>> >so.
>> >
>> >Ignore ICANN to your own detriment.
>>
>> Perhaps, but saying "these ISO protocols suck and should not be used"
>> was not effective. Making TCP/IP work, was.
>
>So what is the latest that I missed? Freenet? Where do I get an IP
>number from a non-ICANN authority? One that works?
>
>I am all for alternatives, especially working ones, and I do try to
>participate in those. But can we really _ignore_ ICANN completely?
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