<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Adam,<br class=""><div><br class=""></div><div>On Oct 10, 2019, at 8:28 AM, Adam Vallee <<a href="mailto:adam.vallee@gmail.com" class="">adam.vallee@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class="">In my opinion, a new C root operator should be chosen based on the fact that Cogent is not fulfilling its duty to operate their root servers for the benefit of the internet as a whole. <div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">It seems to me that they are operating the root for the benefit of their customers only. And the fact that they do block access from<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://he.net/" class="">HE.net</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>over IPv6 should be grounds for their agreement to be torn up, </div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>What agreement?</div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="auto" class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></div></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div dir="auto" class="">the responsibility should be assigned to a group of ISPs. </div></div></div></blockquote><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class=""></blockquote></div></div><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div dir="auto" class="">And don't get me started on G root, or H root.</div></div></blockquote><br class=""></div><div>I’d recommend reading "A Proposed Governance Model for the DNS Root Server System” (<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rssac-037-15jun18-en.pdf" class="">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rssac-037-15jun18-en.pdf</a>)</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Regards,</div><div>-drc</div><div><br class=""></div><style class="">ul[class*='mb-extra__public-links'], ul[class*='mb-note__public-links'], ul[class*='mb-task__public-links'] { display: none !important; }</style></body></html>