Re: Request for Comments on a topological address block for N. Calif.

I don't think that this will work for a business viewpoint - someone will end up giving at least some of these ISPs free transit.

See the attached message that I sent to big-internet earlier this month. My comments apply to metro-based addressing or interconnect-based addressing or similar schemes. --asp@uunet.uu.net (Andrew Partan)

The one way around this is to have all of the players participating in such a scheme form a "co-op", so that "long-haul" folks only sign one transit agreement, with the co-op. A few tweeks to the MPLA's at the AADS and PACBELL NAPS, regarding this technique might fly. At least they are a starting point for such discussions. -- --bill