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Re: standards for giving out blocks of IP addresses
From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 16:37:32 -0400
On Tue, 12 Jun 2001 16:17:01 EDT, shsu () HydroOne com said:
Hi, is there a standard or a practice on how much IP addresses an ISP should provide to his/her client given that this client has bought only 2Mb of bandwidth and this client is an ISP?
Umm.. don't bother. Let's think this through. 2Mbits/sec of bandwidth will only sustain about 40 56KB modems doing a simultaneous download. Even adding in think time and the like, a /24 should be plenty wide enough. The *BIG* question is how the ISP intends to make any money at that scale. Figuring even a 10X overcommitment, that's 400 customers at $20/mo or so, for an inbound cash flow of only $8K/month, with which they get to pay their bandwidth charge, their tech support, and everything else. I wish them luck. -- Valdis Kletnieks Operating Systems Analyst Virginia Tech
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- Re: standards for giving out blocks of IP addresses Valdis . Kletnieks (Jun 12)
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