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RE: ARIN?
From: "Gary E. Miller" <gem () rellim com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 02:38:20 -0800 (PST)
Yo Patrick! On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, I Am Not An Isp wrote:
I do believe you are correct in your implication that @Home does not utilize address space quite as efficiently as most traditional ISPs. However, they are under a greater burden than your traditional ISP. Most of the equipment they were forced to use in the "early days", and possibly a good deal of it today, is not what I would call "optimal". They are forced to allocate /24s to some cable routers no matter how few customers there are on that router. Most do not understand classless IP, or even basic subnetting. Etc., etc.
If I downgrade my routers, do you think I can use this on my next ARIN application? I would have been embarrased to try it even when they got their address space.
The point is, the people I know at @Home do try very hard to use their IP space within reason. But there are some things they just can not do.
I have no complaint with the people, I am just jealous. BTW, their October 13, 1998 press release says they have 210K users. Their /8 has 16,777,216 IP addresses give or take a few hundred thousand. Not a bad packing ratio... RGDS GARY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 2680 Bayshore Pkwy, #202 Mountain View, CA 94043-1009 gem () rellim com Tel:+1(650)964-1186 Fax:+1(650)964-1176
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