Re: ARIN allocating /20 netblocks?

[Karl Denninger <karl () mcs net>]

On Sat, May 16, 1998 at 04:04:46PM -0400, Jon Lewis wrote:
> On Sat, 16 May 1998, Karl Denninger wrote:
>
> > You should not have had the original problem (IMHO of course).
>
> How do you mean?
>
> > Consider, Jon, what happens if you fail to meet the criteria to keep that
> > whole /19 - some time down the road.
>
> I can see that being a serious concern for really small ISPs getting a /20
> from a reserved /19 if they only currently utilize a /21 and have to fill
> the /19 in 18 months.  We had 2 UUNet /20's to renumber out of.  Filling
> the reserved /19 won't be a problem...I just need to file the paperwork to
> get the top half of the /19 officially allocated. 

Why do you need to renumber out of previous space if MCI doesn't have to
when they get a bigger block handed to them?

Why should your *customers* bear the burden of this policy?

My point: you shouldn't, and your customer's shouldn't.  You should, as a
multi-homed ISP, be able to get a /19 immediately and without obstruction -
period.

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