Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

[Randy Carpenter <rcarpen () network1 net>]

> I wonder what would happen if a new ARIN member requested an IPv4
> block of say a /16 for a new business? Or even a smaller block. I
> don't know what the current ARIN rules are but RIPE will currently
> give out six months worth of space. Now, in six months, I don't
> expect there to be any left anyway, so what will likely be all the
> v4 you ever get.
>
> Very soon it'll be nigh on impossible for new entrants to the ISP
> business to get their own v4 space.
>
> --
> Leigh

As an ISP, ARIN will not give you any space if you are new. You have to already have an equivalent amount of space from 
another provider. I think it is really stupid, and encourages wasting IP space, but that is what the current policy is.

-Randy