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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: too many routes
On Tue, Sep 09, 1997 at 01:26:59PM -0400, Eric Germann wrote: > > Except PSI, UUnet, MCI, Sprint, et.al.... What gives you that idea? Said providers may get allocated lots and lots of IP space, but then that's because they have many customers who _need_ IP space. Keep in mind that if an entity is not eligible for its own routable space then it needs to go to its upstream provider. Considering how many new companies are connecting to the 'net, it is should be no surprise that the backbones providing the connections need lots of space. Alec -- +------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ |Alec Peterson - [email protected] | Erols Internet Services, INC. | |Network Engineer | Springfield, VA. | +------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
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