On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Scott Gifford wrote:
A quick read through RFC 2050 (IP Allocation Guidelines) talks about this situation in section 2.1:
The ISP should allow sufficient time for the renumbering process to be completed before the IP addresses are reused.
However, the rep they spoke with at MCI/CW seems to feel that the moment the connection is cancelled, the IP addresses may be reassigned to another customer, and they should not expect a grace period for renumbering.
That portion of RFC 2050, I believe, refers to renumbering within the same ISP, where it's reasonably easy to allow time for customers to renumber. When a customer is moving from another ISP to you, they're pretty much SOL when it comes to their old IPs. -- Andrew O. Smith - <aos@insync.net> | "Revenge is so very sweet." Sysadmin, Insync Internet Services | --Eric Cartman Houston, Texas, USA |