27 Jan
1996
27 Jan
'96
1:35 p.m.
If we believe that we're going to get 1024 multihomable address blocks per /8, then there will not be enough of these for all the providers who can multihome in this NAPatudinous market. IPv4 is going to _force_ us to a multitiered routing system. Everybody, please stop trying to figure out how to make a singly tiered system work out of fear that you will be trapped in a relationship with a bad upstream. Instead, start trying to figure out how to build neutral, lasting upstreams. PCH and CIX are examples, though neither is quite right for various reasons.