Re: ISP Domain Auction

[Paul Ferguson <pferguso () cisco com>]

At 07:15 PM 2/12/96 -0800, Craig A. Huegen wrote:

> I think that right now, we shouldn't be too concerned with "CIDRize or 
> DIE!".  At this point, we should be helping other entities out--you're 
> not FORCING them to renumber by making their networks non-routable 
> within one organization--you're screwing your customers out of optimal 
> connectivity to any particular site.
>
> The Internet has gotten too much away from the original purpose, to share 
> information.  It has gone to a vast commercial marketing symbol, where 
> most companies really don't care about other entities--"Why should we 
> help this group?  They're customers of ISP X!"

That's all weel and good, but it certainly doesn't scale. Which is the
entire problem. Sigh.

- paul