On Sat, 27 Jul 2002, Ralph Doncaster wrote:
If the size of the global routing table is really an important issue, why not start filtering /24 announcements?
By all means, go ahead. You don't need anyone's permission. Report back with your results.
I have more of a legal right to use my /20 since I pay ARIN >$2K/yr for it, vs most /24 owners.
Setting aside the fallacy that people have different rights based on how much they paid for their allocation, you are of course free to announce whatever slices of your /20 you want. What you seem to have trouble grasping, and this is the key point, is that the rest of the world is free to ignore said announcements. If you're not their customer they don't owe you anything. Period. No matter how many times you post to NANOG. Bradley