[12204] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: too many routes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alec H. Peterson)
Tue Sep 9 14:50:49 1997
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 14:46:33 -0400
From: "Alec H. Peterson" <ahp@hilander.com>
To: Eric Germann <ekgermann@cctec.com>
Cc: Michael Dillon <michael@priori.net>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970909132653.0077f2bc@209.45.128.20>; from Eric Germann on Tue, Sep 09, 1997 at 01:26:59PM -0400
On Tue, Sep 09, 1997 at 01:26:59PM -0400, Eric Germann wrote:
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> 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
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