So whats the problem here?
My son, David, decides to become an internet service provider and thinks he can get 1.5 million subscribers. (or pick a more reasonable number.... but you must pick a number) The Internic, be reasonable, tells him to talk to those already in the biz, that already have blocks allocated in the areas David wishes to service.
Should he complain?
I have asked the question many time. "What is a provider?". Once the CIDR allocation started the "Providers" came out of the woodworks. No one so far has given an answer to the question that the majority can agree with. I will not be at the regional tech meeting in CA but Mark will. I don't know a group better suited to answer the question that established providers. Do us a favor and come up with a proposed answer to "What is a provider". I will work with NSF and Postel to make it policy. This would make our life easier.
(I am tempted to re-raise my questions from AA and earlier. Just how do we profile a provider? As opposed to simply a number hoarder? I tried this before and did not get much response. Perhaps its time to dust off the old notes and try & deal w/ this in a published form.)
-- Regards,
Bill Manning
Scott