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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: Allocation of IP Addresses
>From: David R. Conrad[SMTP:[email protected]] >Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 1996 6:50 PM > >>> Bullshit. The InterNIC is very much aware of global routing issues. >>Then why have they not yet come up with a workable policy like the one >>RIPE uses to release /16 blocks incrementally to new ISP's? > >All 3 registries have essentially the same policy with respect to the >growth of new blocks. However, given InterNIC's load, the end effect >may be different (remember, InterNIC receives approximately 50 new ISP >requests per week -- how much space should they reserve for new ISPs?). > >>> What business issues are you talking about? >>Basically, the market demand is INCREDIBLY HIGH and businesses want to >>build up infrastructure to meet this demand but the Internic IP address >>allocation procedures are too confusing and take too long. > >Your proposal is? If you say charging for address space, please >explain what would stop deep pocket companies from buying up all the >address space? The answer is to have published, objective criteria, consistently applied, with a defined appeal process and accountability. It's hard to play by the rules if you don't know what they are, and one has only to look at the /14 allocation to @Home to realize that the "slow start" rules do not apply to everyone equally. -- Jim Browning <[email protected]>
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