| I imagine stuff like this will just cause more and more customers to move | into environments with NAT Using NAT is not a bad thing. More and more customers will move towards NAT anyway, as NAT features and implementations improve. | or encourage them to join the bigger networks | where renumbering would be less likely. Karl's assertion is that adopting a RIPE-style system where for a fee anyone who is an ISP can get a small allocation of portable space, and add other allocations over time, is a practical solution. I agree completely. Sean.