Those 6 more As

Thu Mar 14 03:20:42 UTC 1996

$ whois netblk-athome
@Home (NETBLK-ATHOME)
   385 Ravendale Drive
   Mountain View, CA 94043

   Netname: ATHOME
   Netblock: 24.0.0.0 - 24.3.255.0

   Coordinator:
      Mockapetris, Paul V.  (PM1)  pvm at HOME.NET
      415-944-7200 415-944-7221 (FAX) 415-944-8501

   Domain System inverse mapping provided by:

   TELLER.HOME.NET              206.15.25.1
   NS1.GEO.NET                  192.231.42.2

   Record last updated on 24-Jan-96.

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From: 	Sanjay Dani[SMTP:sanjay at professionals.com]
Sent: 	Wednesday, March 13, 1996 10:12 AM
To: 	tli at cisco.com; bmanning at isi.edu; nanog at merit.edu
Cc: 	ejk at nitrous.digex.net; cidrd at iepg.org
Subject: 	Re: Those 6 more As

>58% whois 24.0.0.0
>@Home (NETBLK-ATHOME)           ATHOME                   24.0.0.0 - 24.3.255.0
>Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) (RESERVED) (NET-RESERVED-24) RESERVED-24
>                                                       24.4.0.0 - 24.255.255.0

On a related topic: I am guessing that this is the first allocation
given to @Home by the InterNIC. I wonder how @home influenced
the NIC's "slow start" procedure and acquired a /14 when the first
allocation for every other ISP is /22 through /19.

What works for a company that does not (yet) have a single customer ?
Marketing hype, an ambitious business plan, impressive VC lineup,
media hype or the presense of a highly respected routing expert ?
I would like to know how we can "buy" addresses.