--- Bryan@bryanfields.net wrote: From: Bryan Fields <Bryan@bryanfields.net> Now this gets a lot more fun as we get closer to true IPv4 exhaustion. If there is a business case between two or more providers to side step a RIR process and recognize IP allocations that the RIR does not, who really has the power to stop them? -------------------------------------------------- The networking community in general. The usefulness of the space would be very limited. scott