[17368] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Why does Sprint have address filters again?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Avi Freedman)
Fri May 29 15:55:47 1998
From: Avi Freedman <freedman@netaxs.com>
To: karl@mcs.net (Karl Denninger)
Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 15:48:54 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: freedman@netaxs.com, john@shutter.net, nanog@merit.edu,
arin-council@arin.net
In-Reply-To: <19980529073247.64586@mcs.net> from "Karl Denninger" at May 29, 98 07:32:47 am
> It requires $100 worth of someone's time to make two phone calls and/or read
> two signed service agreements?
>
> Perhaps if ARIN is paying their people $100/hour, yes.
>
> (This is a CLERK's job)
Really? You're going to educate clerks about IP transit?
How interesting.
> I disagree strongly on the "resistor" argument, at least for the initial
> assignment. Bottom line - if you're announcing networks, you need an ASN.
> If you're not, you don't. Demonstrate that someone is going to allow you
> to announce networks, and you get one.
>
> If you want a SECOND one for administrative convenience or whatever, now for
> THAT I can see charging a significant fee. Why? Because its not *necessary*
> for you to have a second one. You might WANT a second ASN, you might in
> fact want several of them for policy routing reasons, but that's not the
> same thing as a NEED for a second (or subsequent) ASN.
So, what's the criteria? Make a proposal. I don't have a strong problem
with charging more for 2nd and subsequent ASNs, but I also think charging
something for the reg service is reasonable.
> Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin
Avi
