So, after lurking here for about 4 years I actually have a question... We're a fairly small ISP; we currently have a /24, a /25, and a /28 allocated piecemeal from our upstream's two /19s. (Upstream is Viawest). Now that we've rolled out DSL we're needing a bit more space - based on current trends about 200 addresses over the next 6-12 months. Viawest has just told me that their policy is that customers who go over a /23 worth of address space must request further space directly from ARIN. In other words, we're supposed to call ARIN up and get a private /24 for this. We're not multi-homed; we have absolutely no need for a private /24 instead of a chunk of Viawest's existing space. We're not growing rapidly and it's very unlikely we'll more than 4 class C's worth of address space in the next 4 years. Questions: can we actually qualify for a /24 from ARIN? Will all NSPs accept a private /24 announced from Viawest without us having to track down each NSP and negotiate with them? Will the ARIN fee be $2500? Is refusing to provide small blocks out of their own address space a common practise for NSPs? The private /24 issue makes me mildly grouchy due to the whole "global routing table size" issue, but the $2500/year makes me REALLY grouchy, especially as that same /24 would cost our upstream about $40/year. Thanks - -Robert Tarrall.- Unix System/Network Admin E.Central/Neighborhood Link