/8 end user assignment?

["Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve () telecomplete co uk>]

Ok, back up a second....

126/8   Jan 05   APNIC                               (whois.apnic.net)

inetnum:      126.0.0.0 - 126.255.255.255
netname:      BBTEC
descr:        Japan Nation-wide Network of Softbank BB Corp.
status:       ALLOCATED PORTABLE
changed:      hm-changed () apnic net 20050208


i thought the decade of giving class A's to large corporates had long since 
passed.. we've got some major network rollout coming up, i need an extra 16 
million IPs, so can i get one?

wtf?

Steve