According to ICANN's CEO Paul Twinky, the Internet knows no geographic boundaries. If that is the case, then why would RIPE handle only Europe and ARIN handle only America ? Since anyone can set up a shell to buy address space from RIPE, will companies shop for the vendor with the policies they like ? By the way, why does AT&T buy directly from the IANA (ICANN) ? Also, why did ICANN place false information in the IANA database about when AT&T obtained their latest /8 allocation ? What happens when big companies buy /8s from the RIRs ? Will the insiders who run the RIRs finally retire with billions vs. the millions they now have for retirement ? What did the RIRs pay for their /8 allocations ?