Surely the situation isn't as bad as portrayed. The IPv4 addresses are fast running out, and subnetting is not in the domain of the top level routers. There is a physical limit on the number of top level domains which can exist which should sit at around about 2^23 + a bit (something like 8 million).
The problem really comes in with IPv6. With IPv6 the whole address space expands to a much larger scale. Now, I don't know a great deal about IPv6 addressing, but I have always assumed that the higher order portion of the address is much more location based.
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You can vote anyway you want, the only catch is that there is only one choice.
Strictly there are two choices:
"My way or the Highway"
The implication is that if you don't accept by the deadline you will be terminated.
The accept button is simplifying their paperwork.
I'm sure the way they have done it a number of people will refuse on principle meaning they can also reduce staff numbers - a double win!
The problem really comes in with IPv6. With IPv6 the whole address space expands to a much larger scale. Now, I don't know a great deal about IPv6 addressing, but I have always assumed that the higher order portion of the address is much more location based.
Can anyone comment on this?