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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
> > > Any NSP that cannot allocate to you at least a /19 worth of networks > > (IF YOU CAN JUSTIFY IT) is not worth using for an ISP who thinks they > > need globally routable address space that they can advertise wherever > > they want sometime in the near future. If you aren't going to get to > > that point...what's the damn problem? > > Except that if you give out /19s to newer ISPs with no allocation/use > track record, then the NIC may say "Sorry, you can't get more address > space, you haven't been efficiently using what you were given." > > Avi clarification...this is over time...as opposed to an ISP who would say "we can't give you any more...go to the NIC" Most larger ISP's can even reserve a contiguous block for you...and just delegate parts at a time... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Smith ** [email protected] ** Network Operations ** (713) 968-5800 ** "The best way to predict the future is to invent it" - Alan Kay ** ** http://www.neosoft.com/neosoft/staff/andrew ** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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