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Re: IP address fee??

  • From: Etaoin Shrdlu
  • Date: Thu Sep 05 14:42:42 2002 
Tony Tauber wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Richard A Steenbergen wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 01:36:27PM -0400, Derek Samford wrote:
> > > Shane,
> > >             There is a practice on that (At least here.).
> > >             Generally we provide a Class C to our customers at no
> > >             additional charge, but we have
> >
> > Why in this day and age, 9 years after the invention of CIDR, are we
> > still refering to "class C"'s?
> 
> At least as importantly, why do 254 addresses get provided where the
> actual need might not warrant that quantity?

Because it's easier to do the reverse DNS? Sorry to contribute to the
general noise, but that answer's close to the truth.

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