Re: NSP ... New Information

[Stephen A Misel <stevem () hway net>]

Rob,

  I've acquired a few /18's from the NIC with simple text block lists of
machines and IP addresses.  Your miles may vary -- from your text it seems
you're an ISP.  We're a webfarm.com and we're multihomed (makes an
excellent argument for portable space).

Steve


At 01:36 PM 6/4/97 -0400, Robert A. Pickering Jr. wrote:
> Well, that was interesting.
>
> Thanks to everyone who has responded thus far.  I've gotten a lot of 
> "sale" types of email, but also a lot of really good information.
>
> It appears as if I was right in my assumption that I needed to get my own
> IP block of PI space from the InterNIC.  
>
> So, my follow-up question is this:
>
> What exact documentation and formats does the InterNIC need to see.
> I've been told network diagrams and IP allocations, but that to me
> means diagrams, and that means I have to ship them some drawing format.
> What do they use?
>
> Or, can I just great a table of IP addresses and hosts and how my 
> IPs are allocated to customers, etc.
>
> I want to make sure that I'm somewhat successful in securing some reasonable
> amount of IP space from the NIC, and would like some advice from people
> who have gone through this process.
>
> Thank You Again.
>
> -Rob
>
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