Re: standards for giving out blocks of IP addresses

On Fri, 15 Jun 2001, Austin Schutz wrote:

ISPs should be following rfc 2050. It doesn't matter if they have a dedicated 56k or an OC-192. Customers can and should expect to have their space needs met as per their needs. These guidelines are not that draconian:

Although topological issues may make exceptions necessary, the basic criteria that should be met to receive network numbers are listed below:

25% immediate utilization rate 50% utilization rate within 1 year

IIRC, Sprint wanted us to show 80% utilization within 3 months(!), citing ARIN guidelines... James Smallacombe PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor up@3.am http://3.am =========================================================================