On Sat, May 16, 1998 at 04:04:46PM -0400, Jon Lewis wrote:
On Sat, 16 May 1998, Karl Denninger wrote:
You should not have had the original problem (IMHO of course).
How do you mean?
Consider, Jon, what happens if you fail to meet the criteria to keep that whole /19 - some time down the road.
I can see that being a serious concern for really small ISPs getting a /20 from a reserved /19 if they only currently utilize a /21 and have to fill the /19 in 18 months. We had 2 UUNet /20's to renumber out of. Filling the reserved /19 won't be a problem...I just need to file the paperwork to get the top half of the /19 officially allocated.
Why do you need to renumber out of previous space if MCI doesn't have to when they get a bigger block handed to them? Why should your *customers* bear the burden of this policy? My point: you shouldn't, and your customer's shouldn't. You should, as a multi-homed ISP, be able to get a /19 immediately and without obstruction - period. -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin http://www.mcs.net/ | T1's from $600 monthly / All Lines K56Flex/DOV | NEW! Corporate ISDN Prices dropped by up to 50%! Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| EXCLUSIVE NEW FEATURE ON ALL PERSONAL ACCOUNTS Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | *SPAMBLOCK* Technology now included at no cost