[144828] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Kaufman)
Mon Sep 19 23:41:03 2011
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 20:40:06 -0700
From: Matthew Kaufman <matthew@matthew.at>
To: Leigh Porter <leigh.porter@ukbroadband.com>
In-Reply-To: <D181DDABABE57E4DB72FEE00331478643C0A52@EALPO1.ukbroadband.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Reply-To: matthew@matthew.at
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 9/16/2011 12:58 PM, Leigh Porter wrote:
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> I wonder what would happen if a new ARIN member requested an IPv4 block of say a /16 for a new business? Or even a smaller block. I don't know what the current ARIN rules are but RIPE will currently give out six months worth of space. Now, in six months, I don't expect there to be any left anyway, so what will likely be all the v4 you ever get.
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> Very soon it'll be nigh on impossible for new entrants to the ISP business to get their own v4 space.
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Isn't that the point?
Matthew Kaufman
