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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">I believe what Milton is raising is that there are a set of concerns (e.g.,
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">consistency among RIRs registrant data or transparency in the address trading market)<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> that would probably be useful from a global perspective but for which the RIRs have
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">little incentive to come up with a unified approach.<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>However, I'm sure I got this wrong and John <span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">and/or Milton will correct me momentarily :-)<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I think you got it right.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Milton L. Mueller<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Internet Governance Project<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="http://blog.internetgovernance.org"><span style="color:blue">http://blog.internetgovernance.org</span></a>
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