[47538] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IP renumbering timeframe
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ralph Doncaster)
Mon May 6 01:54:18 2002
Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 01:53:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ralph Doncaster <ralph@istop.com>
To: Bill Woodcock <woody@zocalo.net>
Cc: "nanog@merit.edu" <nanog@merit.edu>
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On Sun, 5 May 2002, Bill Woodcock wrote:
> > What is the generally accpted timeframe for renumbering? My reading of
> > ARIN policy would seem to imply at least 30 days.
>
> I'm not sure it's fair to say that there's an "accepted timeframe" per
> se... I've seen 30 days. I've more commonly seen 90 days. I've seen 18
> months. I've also seen immediate, like happened to you, when the customer
> stops paying and leaves on hostile terms. In short, you can't expect
> anything from someone you're not willing to pay, and who has no future
> prospect of doing business with you again. If you want a longer period to
> renumber, pay them for it.
Well how am I supposed to arrange a payment on a Sunday afternoon?
As well I'd say I've already paid them more than enough to use their IPs -
I never brought up a BGP session with them and never passed a single
packet to them. I'm surprised to hear that such extortion techniques are
considered acceptable.
-Ralph
