IPv4 smaller than /24 leasing?

Thu Jan 4 23:06:31 UTC 2018

There are hundreds of ISPs with under 500 customers. More start up every week. No need to marginalize them. 

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Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 

Midwest Internet Exchange 

The Brothers WISP 

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From: "William Herrin" <bill at herrin.us> 
To: "Justin Wilson" <lists at mtin.net> 
Cc: "NANOG" <nanog at nanog.org> 
Sent: Thursday, January 4, 2018 4:48:40 PM 
Subject: Re: IPv4 smaller than /24 leasing? 

On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 5:40 PM, Justin Wilson <lists at mtin.net> wrote: 

> I know of dozens, if not hundreds of small ISPs that can’t participate in 
> BGP because they don’t have big enough blocks. 

Hi Justin, 

Not much of an ISP if they can't get a /24. We're talking about a one-time 
market purchase under $5000 and the ARIN justification for that small a 
block almost writes itself. 

Regards, 
Bill Herrin 

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William Herrin ................ herrin at dirtside.com bill at herrin.us 
Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/> 