[38764] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: standards for giving out blocks of IP addresses
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (up@3.am)
Wed Jun 13 09:26:48 2001
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 09:26:13 -0400 (EDT)
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To: "Christopher A. Woodfield" <rekoil@semihuman.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, Christopher A. Woodfield wrote:
> I would personally tar and feather any sales rep who promises a certain
> amount of IP space to a customer without knowledgee of the customer's
> actual IP needs and current utilization. PSI was famous for handing out
> /24s from their 38.0.0.0/8 space willy-nilly, and I've had more than one
> conversation with a "refugee" customer who says "but...but...PSI gave me a
> /24!#@!#"...
I think they must have gotten the message, because I know a PSI customer
that was using close to a /27 when they went with them, and that's just
what they got, from 38/8...
James Smallacombe PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor
up@3.am http://3.am
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