Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered:
Hopefully we are the type of organization considered to be somewhat clueful but we have yet to figure out how to get Arin to remove our swip info from a former customer's netblock. It has been years, many many times filling out their forms and more emails then I can count. It was less work to get my /18 assigned then to convince them that I would like my information removed from a /24 that belongs to someone else. :/
And of course these are the kind of (ex)customers who like to get and keep viruses resulting in a continuing effort to get our name off their block.
It's unfortunately too true that often the only way to deliver a clue by four is with paper headed by:
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Us Plaintiff, v. Them Defendant.
or your local equal.
Maybe I can help, I know some folks over there at ARIN and I can call them. They know that I exist as they have met with me; which goes much farther then forms and e-mails without contact. What is the exact nature of the problem and who is the Swip Meister for the allocation? -Peter