[9827] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: NSP ... New Information
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathan Stratton)
Thu Jun 5 00:52:51 1997
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 00:43:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: Nathan Stratton <nathan@netrail.net>
To: Eric Germann <ekgermann@cctec.com>
cc: "Robert A. Pickering Jr." <pickerin@fuse.net>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970604154837.026ee3a0@207.87.243.20>
On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, Eric Germann wrote:
> Isn't the biggest problem with PI space having a big enough network so
> Sprint and everyone else doesn't filter you? Specifically a /19 or larger
> (~ 8000 addresses)? Can you justify to them 32 Class C's so you can be
> seen everywhere? I know of another startup provider who had this problem.
> Its a chicken and egg scenario. They needed to sell connectivity, but
> couldn't reach portions of the net, specifically Sprint. Kind of kills
> your marketing when you can't get to the entire 'Net. How do others deal
> with this scenario in a startup environment, or even an established
> environment where you can't justify 8000 addresses yet?
Renumber a lot. It is hard for the Internic to hand out /19 when most of
the new providers will be out of business in 6 months. The only way to do
it is to get space from your ISP and then renumber if you move. After you
do that a few times if you do it will, you will be able to get a /19 and
then /18 and so on.
Nathan Stratton President, NetRail,Inc.
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