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Re: standards for giving out blocks of IP addresses

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (up@3.am)
Sat Jun 16 10:09:40 2001

Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 10:09:05 -0400 (EDT)
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On Fri, 15 Jun 2001, Austin Schutz wrote:

> 	ISPs should be following rfc 2050. It doesn't matter if they have
> a dedicated 56k or an OC-192. Customers can and should expect to have their
> space needs met as per their needs. These guidelines are not that draconian:
> 
>    Although topological issues may make exceptions necessary, the basic
>    criteria that should be met to receive network numbers are listed
>    below:
> 
>                 25% immediate utilization rate
>                 50% utilization  rate within 1 year

IIRC, Sprint wanted us to show 80% utilization within 3 months(!), citing
ARIN guidelines...

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