NAT for an ISP

Wed Jun 4 20:28:14 UTC 2003

Christopher J. Wolff schrieb:

> Hello,
> 
> I would like to know if any service providers have built their access
> networks out using private IP space.  It certainly would benefit the
> global IP pool but it may adversely affect users with special
> applications.  At any rate, it sounds like good fodder for a debate.
> 

I do know of a fairly big Italian ISP who's using that kind of setup, 
afair. It's www.fastweb.it
Their users are having big troubles connecting to IRCnet, that's why 
they wanted to link their own Server. That's one of the disadvantages of 
that kind of setup.

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