Re: [NIC-960209.1757] Routing Problem (fwd)

[Robert Du Gaue <rdugaue () calweb com>]

> Regional Internet registries have no control over the routing policies
> of any ISP.  The IANA has instructed the Internet registries not to
> assign IP addresses based on any ISP's particular routing policy, rather
> on specific criteria including utilization efficiency.  An organization
> will be assigned the number of IP addresses it can justify.  If this
> number is not fully routable, that is an issue that should be taken up
> with the ISP(s) concerned. 

This is just one big cop-out from the organization that CONTROLS who gets 
IP blocks. How the hell can I be a successful ISP when first, I probably 
can not justify 64 blocks (and if I do Sprint may change it to 128 
anyways!) and second if the blocks I get are not routed through one of 
the MAJOR backbone proivders then they are useless to me and my end 
users! You are basically allowing one company to dicate policy and growth 
of the Internet. It's totally unfair to smaller ISPs and sets an ugly 
presedence as to just how the 'net will grow if you allow each 
organization to define their own rules that affect the Internet in 
general. Using old policies to justify not doing something against what 
is obviously discrimination against smaller ISPs does nothing to solve 
the problem.