ARIN allocating /20 netblocks?

Sun May 17 06:20:43 UTC 1998

On Sun, 17 May 1998, Jamie Scheinblum wrote:

> Karl makes a real good point, renumbering places an un-needed burdon on the
> customer; one they never asked for, and probably never expected.
> 
> I imagine stuff like this will just cause more and more customers to move
> into environments with NAT, or encourage them to join the bigger networks
> where renumbering would be less likely.

No matter how big the network provider is, if the service stinks and you
want to switch providers, then you have got to renumber. Anyone who
doesn't plan for renumbering is just plain foolish. ISPs should be
advising their customers to be prepared for renumbering since it is in the
customer's best interests.

http://www.internetworld.com/print/1998/03/16/infrastructure/19980316-expert.html

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