Provider change (was RE: Faster 'Net growth rate raises fears about routers)

[Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>]

I'm sure the telesales people are making those phone calls as
this thread goes on.

The FDIC has this down to a science with banks.  The bank closes
on Friday evening, the FDIC swoops in, and by Monday all the accounts
are moved to a new bank.  FEDWIRE reroutes all the traffic to the
new service provider, and the checks "in-float" don't even bounce.

Besides the potential route table explosion as the network is
deagregated, another problem is how do you verify who has what
authority to change which circuit id, ip address, etc.  Does
everyone just start grabbing address blocks, do providers include
the CIDR block as a line item on the invoice.


On Tue, 03 April 2001, Randy Bush wrote:
> what if an isp with a lot of dedicated line customers in old A space takes
> the dive and a few thousand of their customers come to isps each asking to
> have 38.42.666.0/24 or whatever routed?
>
> mirjam says
>   o route them now, forcing instant renumbering would add insult to injury
>   o give them the normal 90 days to renumber
>
> and she's never led me wrong so far.