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RE: ARIN?


From: Jon Lewis <jlewis () inorganic5 fdt net>
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 02:49:19 -0500 (EST)

On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, I Am Not An Isp wrote:

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

So can I qualify for my own chunk of space (I'll be nice and only ask for
a /16) if I use RIP and can't subnet?  I find it hard to believe ARIN
would buy "but my routers won't let me subnet" as justification for
address space.


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