Hi Alex, Alex Band wrote: [...]
Also, you have to realise that we've been working on this since 2006, by our Community's request. The system is based on open IETF standards in the SIDR working group which has been active even longer. All of this has been done in a completely open and transparent way. Now that we've finally launched this as a usable, tangible service, this discussion erupts. I'll leave it up to you to to draw a conclusion from that.
Neither trying to make a statement in favour or against, just as an observation. 2011 - 2006 = 5 years = an awefully long period of time in NetLand. In 2006 "nobody" was interested in taking control of the 'net or the information accessible over this tech. Since then the world has moved on and we can now observe many attempts, by many different parties (not exlusively governments!), to get a "better grip" on the Internet. Things have changed a bit since 2006, I'm afraid... Wilfried.