[6483] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: HOW DO I GET IP'S?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jamie Rishaw - MV Corp.)
Tue Dec 10 17:58:42 1996
To: admin@id.WING.NET (WING System Administration)
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 17:44:59 -0500 (EST)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.961210153945.900A-100000@dialin1.wing.net> from WING System Administration at "Dec 10, 96 03:48:35 pm"
From: jamie@dilbert.multiverse.com (Jamie Rishaw - MV Corp.)
Reply-To: jamie@multiverse.net
> Can anyone suggest a good way to get a CIDR block from the
> internic? We are two separate isps with separate ASNs, merged under one
> corporation,
> with one of them currently getting addresses from an upstream provider
> (/20). The problem is that in that location we are out of addresses, are
> multi-homed, and
> dissatisfied with our current provider. We need addresses before we can
> switch over, but the internic refuses to release any to us until we have
> used another /20 from our current provider. Thus, the internic has
> forced us to use one carrier with poor service. Legally, is this a
> monopoly? Has anyone started a class action suit? Can anyone help us?
>
Get new IP's from your new provider. Renumber fast. Change your DNS TTL
very low. Maybe have your new provider hold primary DNS in the meantime.
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