RE: ARIN allocating /20 netblocks?

["Sean M. Doran" <smd () clock org>]

| I imagine stuff like this will just cause more and more customers to move
| into environments with NAT

Using NAT is not a bad thing.

More and more customers will move towards NAT anyway, as NAT features
and implementations improve.

| or encourage them to join the bigger networks
| where renumbering would be less likely.

Karl's assertion is that adopting a RIPE-style system where
for a fee anyone who is an ISP can get a small allocation of
portable space, and add other allocations over time, is a
practical solution.  I agree completely.

        Sean.