IP allocations, renumbering, and RFC 2050
Ron Stear
ron at mci.net
Thu Oct 8 13:01:00 UTC 1998
It's is C&W's policy to allow a reasonable amount of time for renumbering.
The policy that was in place when MCI's "logo" was on the network remains
the same. Customers can work out the details by sending email to
ipadmin at cw.net.
Ron Stear
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog at merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog at merit.edu]On Behalf Of
> Robert Boyle
> Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 1998 9:19 PM
> To: Scott Gifford; nanog at merit.edu
> Subject: Re: IP allocations, renumbering, and RFC 2050
>
>
> At 08:33 PM 10/7/98 -0400, Scott Gifford wrote:
> >We have a customer who is in the process of moving from
> >MCI^H^H^HCable and Wireless to us. They have been using MCI/CW
> for a while,
> >and need time to renumber their equipment, have their customers change
> >
> > The ISP
> > should allow sufficient time for the renumbering process to be
> > completed before the IP addresses are reused.
> >
> >However, the rep they spoke with at MCI/CW seems to feel that
> the moment the
> >connection is cancelled, the IP addresses may be reassigned to another
> >customer, and they should not expect a grace period for renumbering.
>
> >Thanks for any experience/info/ideas/reality checks,
>
> Hmm...
>
> About four weeks ago, before the InternetMCI->C&W sale was finalized, the
> policy was that MCI customers would have up to six months (as per RFC 2050
> and generally accepted good practices) at such time the network
> space would
> be returned to MCI's pool. A very detailed policy paper on this
> was posted at:
>
> http://infopage.mci.net/Address/nonportable.html
>
> -now-
>
http://infopage.cw.net/Address/nonportable.html
However, since the logo has changed, they have now removed ALL information
regarding any grace period. Maybe someone from C&W can address this? Was
this a mistake/oversight or has the policy actually changed? ...and while
your're at it, can you change the incorrect billing name on our account?
I'v been trying to get it done for 3+ years! :(
-Robert
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