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Re: Sprint NAP

  • From: Tim Salo
  • Date: Thu Jun 20 15:41:09 1996

> To: Peter Lothberg <[email protected]>
> Cc: "nanog" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Sprint NAP 
> From: Daniel Karrenberg <[email protected]>
> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 10:04:26 +0200
> 
>   > Peter Lothberg <[email protected]> writes:
>   > 
>   > 		SPRINT NETWORK ACCESS POINT (NAP)
>   > 		       TERMS AND CONDITIONS
>   > ....
>   > 
>   > 6.	IP Address Assignment
>   > 
>   > The customer shall receive his IP address assignment(s) from Sprint.  Any
>   > address(es) provided by Sprint shall remain the property of Sprint ...
>                                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Address ownership .... what a concept.
> Although this is doing the right thing, the wording is dubious.

Actually, I believe that the addresses in question are _host_ addresses,
(for devices directly attached to the Sprint NAP).  I don't quite know
what someone would do with a Sprint NAP host address if they "kept"
it.

You are correct that the language seems rather emphatic to networking
types, but it probably works well for the lawyers.

-tjs
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