Re: ARIN allocating /20 netblocks?

["Jay R. Ashworth" <jra () scfn thpl lib fl us>]

On Sat, May 16, 1998 at 03:48:42PM -0500, Karl Denninger wrote:
> Contrast that to what MCI or any other "major" carrier announces today, and
> then tell me why this isn't a superior, easier to implement, and WORKABLE
> policy.
>
> CC:   Arin Advisory Council

I don't see that there's anything wrong with it, which makes your CC
exactly on point.

The only potential problem I see is the usual one: you want to put the
people who are most likely to expand at the bottom of the largest
blocks... but how do you tell whom they _are_.  :-)

I have this exact problem pending myself... my new upstream is
perfectly willing to give me a /24... but I said "nah, let's be cool
about it: give me a /27, but put it at the bottom of a /24, and when we
need more, we'll ask.  If we don't ask, in a reasonable amout of time,
then you can stuff someone else in there."

The question is, of course, what's a "reasonable" amount of time...

Cheers,
-- jra
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