Re: Shaping the Future of ICP-2: Community Input Extended to December 2024

[Noah <noah () neo co tz>]

On Mon, 18 Nov 2024, 22:33 heasley, <heas () shrubbery net> wrote:

> Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 12:48:04PM -0800, William Herrin:
> > On Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 12:39 PM Noah <noah () neo co tz> wrote:
> > > On Sun, 17 Nov 2024, 22:06 David Conrad via NANOG, <nanog () nanog org>
> wrote:
> > > > > 2. I'm not convinced that the service regions should be limited by
> the ICP to non-overlapping geographic territories.
> > > > While geographic monopolies may have made sense in the past, it is
> unclear to me how/why they make sense today (unless the point is to
> create/perpetuate a cartel).
> > > I am curious as to what you mean by create/perpetuate a cartel?
> >
> > A group of geographical monopolies who between them have total control
> > over what the essential service costs and whether anybody else can
> > perform it. It might as well be the definition of a cartel.
>
> And, to the extent that the service provider must excel.
>
> Competition is healthy for all enterprise.

The registries are more than just an enterprise boss.

Noah

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