Owen, I totally agree-- In the last 2 years I have worked with ARIN and received several assignments for end users and NONE of them were difficult for the assignment. I think the worst I saw was getting an outdated ORG ID record changed! The time from request to assignment in one case was less than 2 weeks, and the worst was 6 weeks. That one required ORG ID changes, contact changes, ASN assignment, and was interlaced with both me and the customer contact being out of town on different weeks. If you read carefully and just call the helpdesk they are there to help. NOT hinder. Sure the ORG ID change was difficult and I would have had it no other way! That protects all of us! Remember all those hijacked IP blocks? Where is William L?(sorry I can't remember your last name) Later, Jim