Also sprach David R Huberman

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(it has been a royal pain to get anyone on the phone at ARIN in the past)

That is a patently false statement.

Since late 1997, ARIN staff have answered the phone on the first ring, generally. You'll never get a busy signal or a complicated phone tree. Stating that ARIN doesn't answer the phone is so wildly incorrect it makes me wonder why you would say such a thing.

And who on earth are *you* to tell *me* what *my* experience with ARIN has been. I *have* had a nightmare of a time getting anyone from ARIN on the phone in the past, and for you to say that you haven't doesn't invalidate my experiences. Perhaps I haven't found the same phone numbers that you have or something, but my experience has been that I have *always* had a hard time getting anyone from ARIN on the phone...shoot...first time I wanted to try, I couldn't even find a phone number on their web site to even *attempt* it...this has since changed, but ARIN does have a history of being *extremely* difficult to deal with. It seems they are attempting to improve this. They needed to. -- Jeff McAdams Email: jeffm@iglou.com Head Network Administrator Voice: (502) 966-3848 IgLou Internet Services (800) 436-4456