Re: ARIN?

[john heasley <heas () shrubbery net>]

On Tue, Nov 03, 1998 at 10:28:07PM -0500, alex () nac net wrote:
> Again, we are applying for more space from ARIN.
>
> Some of the questions we got from them range from "please provide a
> network map and/or customers justification as to why they needed a /24" to
> "please provide where your POPs are, how many dialups there are in that
> POP, and how many ports you have in that dialup."

i think this is perfectly reasonable.  "please provide where your
POPs are" seems a bit extreme, you should have all this information
immediately available anyway.  right?

> I'd love to know if larger places (UU? PSI? MCI? Sprint? etc) have to
> answer questions like this when they apply for space.

can't speak for those folks, but Verio has been asked the same/similar
questions.

> I don't want to hear an answer from ARIN, I would like feedback from
> actual customers of ARIN.
>
> Thanks.
>
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