Re: Service providers that NAT their whole network?

[Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists () gmail com>]

On 4/20/05, Tom Vest <tvest () pch net> wrote:
> On Apr 19, 2005, at 5:25 PM, Owen DeLong wrote:
>
> > That makes very little sense to me since the smaller providers can get
> > a /22 directly from ARIN.
>
> Sometimes resources that are come from a regional registry are not
> welcomed by a national operator. This can go for AS numbers as well as
> addresses. And sometimes a national operator is the only way out.

Not welcomed as in, filtered out / these providers refuse to route them?
Or do they kick up a fuss on the lines of "you should approach only
me, or failing that the LIR, for IPs, don't let me catch you running
to the RIR next time"

srs

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