Invalid conclusion. *We* are RIPE. *You* are part of RIPE.
So of course the RIPE policies can consider routing table impact.
RIPE represents network operators from one of the 5 regions of the world which share the global routing table. How can RIPE reasonably deal with such a global issue unilaterally? Currently, the interdomain routing system requires a flat non-hierarchical architecture for the global routing table. Unless RIPE introduces some sort of routing model which involves a European routing table that carries more detail than the global routing table, then RIPE should not accept any responsibility at all for the use of global routing table slots. The decisions about the use of routing table slots are not made within RIPE. They are private decisions of private organizations outside of the RIPE terms of reference. --Michael Dillon