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At 01:55 PM 6/9/97 -0500, Jeremy Porter wrote: > >In message <[email protected]>, Larry Vaden writes: >>At 10:54 PM 6/8/97 -0500, Jeremy Porter wrote: >>>This means that you should use renumbering technology as much as >>>possible, so that when you can justify a /19 you can get one, >>>until then, find an ISP that is multi-homes and can provide you >>>the IP addresses you need, and consider two connections to them, >>>giving you the benefit of being multi-homed without the cost of >>>the routers needed for full BGP, or needing to justify a /19. >> >>A quick question: >> >>What is the immediate utilization rate required for an ISP's first /19? >> >>Please provide a basis in RFC2050 et al relevant documents for your answer. > >The /19 is required to be utilized in 6 months, as part of slow start. >(Under Internic guidelines, under ARIN this could be changed.) >Check out www.arin.net, www.ripe.net, and www.apnic.net for the >indivdual registries polices. > >--- >Jeremy Porter, Freeside Communications, Inc. [email protected] >PO BOX 80315 Austin, Tx 78708 | 1-800-968-8750 | 512-458-9810 >http://www.fc.net Jeremy, that's the way I read it also, but Kim Hubbard of InterNIC says an ISP applying for their first /19 must show 100% immediate utilization of a /19 to obtain one from InterNIC. I don't see the part of RFC2050 which supports Kim's interpretation, especially for a currently multi-homed ISP. Do you or others? Dr. Jon Postel has also been silent in regard to pointing out the authority for the 100% immediate utilization rate. Thanks, Larry Vaden, founder and CEO help-desk 903-813-4500 Internet Texoma, Inc. <http://www.texoma.net> direct 903-870-0365 bringing the real Internet to rural Texomaland fax 903-868-8551 Member ISP/C, TISPA and USIPA pager 903-867-6571
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