i apologize for further increasing the S/N of this list.. but I believe the 'naipr@arin.net' list was created to focus on ARIN discussions, among other things. as we all know, NANOG's charter is defined in murky terms, but why continue a retorical debate on two lists? thanks. -jh- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 29 Mar 97 14:12 PST From: Michael Gersten <michael@stb.info.com> To: JimFleming@unety.net, naipr@arin.net Cc: ckuehn@NSF.GOV, gstrawn@NSF.GOV, lsundro@NSF.GOV, nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: ARINANOG Jim raises an extremely good point. Why not start ARIN off by giving it a /8 to work with and see how well it will actually work? Lets face it, there is only ONE /0, and giving that to ARIN might not be a good idea if it doesn't work right. By giving them a /8, they will have to compete with other ways of assigning IP addresses, and demonstrate that they actually can work. Just like a would-be ISP has to start with a /24 and work up... Michael