On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com> wrote: > On Apr 9, 2010, at 7:30 AM, todd glassey wrote: >> BULL SH*T, ARIN makes determinations as to how many IP addresses it will >> issue and in that sense it is exactly a regulator. >> > No, ARIN is not a regulator. Regulators have guns or access to people with > guns to enforce the regulations that they enact. ARIN has no such power. > > The FCC is a regulator. The California PUC is a regulator. ARIN is not > a regulator.
Last I heard, the FCC has access to people with law degrees not guns. Much like ARIN, really. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William D. Herrin ................ her...@dirtside.com b...@herrin.us 3005 Crane Dr. ...................... Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> Falls Church, VA 22042-3004