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Re: Those 6 more As

  • From: Christian Nielsen
  • Date: Wed Mar 13 22:54:56 1996 
On Wed, 13 Mar 1996, Sanjay Dani wrote:

> >58% whois 24.0.0.0
> >@Home (NETBLK-ATHOME)           ATHOME                   24.0.0.0 - 24.3.255.0
> >Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) (RESERVED) (NET-RESERVED-24) RESERVED-24
> >                                                       24.4.0.0 - 24.255.255.0
> 
> On a related topic: I am guessing that this is the first allocation
> given to @Home by the InterNIC. I wonder how @home influenced
> the NIC's "slow start" procedure and acquired a /14 when the first
> allocation for every other ISP is /22 through /19.

	On another note, they were give something bigger than a /8 if I 
remember correctly, they were given like a /6 

also, we just saw this in our tables.

2.0.0.0/8           10:00:32  Serial0         2.0.0.0

than a quick look...

   Netname: RESERVED-2
   Netnumber: 2.0.0.0