...and then the install engineer finds out that the customer only has ~50 or so hosts, and tells the customer that all they qualify for is one /25. Hijinks ensue. I would personally tar and feather any sales rep who promises a certain amount of IP space to a customer without knowledgee of the customer's actual IP needs and current utilization. PSI was famous for handing out /24s from their 38.0.0.0/8 space willy-nilly, and I've had more than one conversation with a "refugee" customer who says "but...but...PSI gave me a /24!#@!#"... in short, my view is that IP allocations to customers should NEVER be a marketing/sales decision. -C On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 08:49:53PM -0400, Rishi Singh wrote:
VERY true...
Many a times the closing during a contract will be the reminder to the salesperson, "So, you know we still need those 4 /24s right, as we discussed when we first met?"
Then a phone a call is made and some words exchanged and the answer is, "My boss says he can do that for you, but he needs the contract back today to reserve them."
:-).
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