[7930] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The Big Squeeze
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathan Stratton)
Sun Mar 2 15:12:09 1997
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 1997 14:42:51 -0500 (EST)
From: Nathan Stratton <nathan@netrail.net>
To: Jim Jagielski <jim@jaguNET.com>
cc: cnordin@vni.net, huddle@mci.net, karl@Mcs.Net, alan@mindvision.com,
nanog@MERIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <199703021548.KAA19048@shado.jaguNET.com>
On Sun, 2 Mar 1997, Jim Jagielski wrote:
> It's the renumbering part that I think gives people the most
> heartburn... By the time you get "big enough" to warrent your
> own block, you've got at least 32 ClassCs of which, I'm betting,
> at least 28 are "given" to LAN-connected customers. This is
> a _major_ headache not only for the ISP to go thru but also a
> major headache to force your customers to go thru. That is, what
> I think, is what really is most painful; that by the time you
> are big enough to have your own block, you're too big to want
> to renumber: Catch 22
Yes, but as a smaller ISP you can offer much better service, and help you
customers renumber. Yes I of all people know it is a _major_ headache, but
it can be done, and there are ways to do it.
Just because it is a "_major_ headache", is not a good reason to add a
route to the global table, or have the nic give you a bigger block then
you need at that time.
Nathan Stratton President, NetRail,Inc.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Phone (888)NetRail NetRail, Inc.
Fax (404)522-1939 230 Peachtree Suite 500
WWW http://www.netrail.net/ Atlanta, GA 30303
------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about
itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:34
