Re: ARIN?

[I Am Not An Isp <patrick () ianai net>]

At 10:28 PM 11/3/98 -0500, alex () nac net wrote:
> Again, we are applying for more space from ARIN.

Congrats, glad to see you're doing well.  (At least I hope your growth
indicates you are doing well. :)

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

I happen to know a reasonably large ISP which has to go through some pretty
difficult justification to get more space.  You should try a RWHOIS server,
it can help make it easier to "justify" stuff for ARIN.  (At least that's
what some people tell me, I've never set one up myself.)

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

I've seen lots of companies jump through some major hoops, and I don't
really begrudge ARIN the necessity of making sure the allocations are made
... frugally.  But I do wonder why they would ask for geographical
information other than to be sure the space is used within "America".  (Or
is that even a requirement?)

>       Alex Rubenstein, alex () nac net, KC2BUO, ISP/C Charter Member

TTFN,
patrick

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