[144696] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leigh Porter)
Fri Sep 16 17:51:28 2011
From: Leigh Porter <leigh.porter@ukbroadband.com>
To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>, Randy Carpenter <rcarpen@network1.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:51:09 +0000
In-Reply-To: <m262ksdy1t.wl%randy@psg.com>
Cc: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randy Bush [mailto:randy@psg.com]
> Sent: 16 September 2011 21:38
> To: Randy Carpenter
> Cc: North American Network Operators' Group
> Subject: Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on
> building a nationwide network
>=20
> > As an ISP, ARIN will not give you any space if you are new. You have
> > to already have an equivalent amount of space from another provider.
>=20
> does arin *really* still have that amazing barrier to market entry?
>=20
> arin claims to be a shining example of industry self-governance. to
> me,
> this barrier to entry looks far more like industry self-protection from
> new entrants.
>=20
> and before anyone starts bleeding about the routing table, to me that
> sounds like you fear new entrants forcing you to make a small upgrade
> to
> your protected business as usual.
People have been bleating about routing tables sizes for years and everyth=
ing has been fine. You could argue that the bleating has helped keep the s=
ize down of course,=20perhaps it has.
--
Leigh
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