On Mon, 10 Mar 1997, Alex P. Rudnev wrote:
It's important to go between scilla and charibda (sorry, I am not sure about spelling this names in English)
Scylla and Charybdis -- It comes from the Illiad or the Odyssey by Homer and a more common English term is "between a rock and a hard place". Scylla was a beautiful maiden that Circe turned into a horrendous monster. This monster used to devour seamen including 6 of Ulysses companions until she was turned into a rock. Charybdis was another monster that lived in a whirlpool near this rock. It was a treacherous place and took great skill to steer a boat between Scylla and Charybdis but Ulysses did succeed in doing so.
(it's not too great for the _big nabobs_ or for the old ISP but it's serious barrier for the small ISP in the small countries - let's imagine some ISP in the Georgia, for example, or some scientific institute in Armenia)...
Anyone in ex-SU will get IP address space from RIPE NCC http://www.ripe.net or possibly from APNIC http://www.apnic.net if they are in Asia. I'm not sure where the boundary for the two NIC's runs but you can check their web pages or send them email. But everyone should check the list of documents in the Recommended Reading section at http://www.arin.net because they apply everywhere in the world. Michael Dillon - Internet & ISP Consulting Memra Software Inc. - Fax: +1-250-546-3049 http://www.memra.com - E-mail: michael@memra.com