ARIN?

Sat Nov 7 19:44:43 UTC 1998

> And NAT boxes have been available almost as long.

"Almost as long".  Right, so @Home should have put all their customers
on either non-existant or untried technology with no other possible
option for providing services should that technology not work?  Great
idea.  In fact, what's your beef?  Why deal with the evil bastards at
ARIN at all?  Why not put all your customers behind NATs like you're
suggesting @Home should have done?  

> [unecessary rant removed]

The whole subthread is unnecessary.  The net 24 allocation is ancient
history.  The IANA felt the situation justified overriding InterNIC's
initial decision, the allocation was made, @Home used the space. 
Whining about it now seems pretty pointless.

Regards,
-drc