[92327] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: ARIN sucks? was Re: Kremen's Buddy?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lasher, Donn)
Thu Sep 14 05:10:37 2006
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 02:07:44 -0700
From: "Lasher, Donn" <DLasher@newedgenetworks.com>
To: <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
>Richard A Steenbergen wrote:
>>Try looking at it from an outsider's point of view instead. If you're=20
>>new to dealing with ARIN, it is not uncommon to find the process is=20
>>absolutely baffling, frustrating, slow, expensive, and requiring=20
>>intrusive disclosure just shy of an anal cavity probe.
>>Hank Said,
>>I recently had to do the ARIN process for a customer from beginning to
end. Never had experience with ARIN,
>>nor its methods or templates (only RIPE experience).
>>Took 5 weeks to get a /19 and then an additional 4 weeks to get the
ASN. YMMV.
YMMV, but my mileage has been just as bad yours, in some cases worse.
Converting from swip's to RWHOIS took 6 months. ARIN is painful. Overly
painful for someone who you pay for the right to USE IP addresses on a
yearly basis....=20
Of course, that's just my personal viewpoint.....
