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Peter, >--------- Text sent by Peter Dawe follows: > > Demon Internet Services provide an IP address for every dial-up > customer. Most other ISPs have taken the view that this is a waste of > valuable IP space and allocate IP addresses dynamically. > > How should our industry respond to ISPs who behave selfishly and do > not take into account the good of the network? > > > Peter Dawe > Unipalm PIPEX > 1. Speaking as IAB chair, I must state that the IAB has absolutely no role to play in answering your question. Operational/commercial issues are outside our mandate, whatever we might feel. 2. However, even without an IAB discussion, I can tell you that we are in favour of technology that conserves address space and facilitates renumbering. Regards, Brian Carpenter (IAB Chair) ([email protected]) voice +41 22 767 4967, fax +41 22 767 7155
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