I want my own IPs

Fri Nov 12 18:44:00 UTC 2004

The biggest issue has always been timing.  We've caught ourselves a few
times with 5 IP addresses left and had to wait to sign new customers up
for a while until ARIN got back to us.  Luckily, stiring up the pool of
IP's usually gets a dozen or so to drop out that we missed as being
available.

Joe Johnson
JMDN.net 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nanog at merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog at merit.edu] On Behalf Of
Bill Woodcock
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 12:25 PM
To: Philip Lavine
Cc: nanog
Subject: Re: I want my own IPs

      On Fri, 12 Nov 2004, Philip Lavine wrote:
    > I have recently been turned down by ARIN for an
    > address block. I currently have 4 /24's from ISP's and
    > would like IP independence. How do I convince ARIN to
    > give me a block -- /20 I guess?

It's not a matter of convincing, it's a matter of demonstrating need.

If you're actually _using_ the four /24s, you can demonstrate a need for
a
/22 today.  So a good first step would be to use the four /24s until
they're full.  Second step would be to apply to ARIN for a /22 to
replace
them.  Renumber into that.  Then keep applying to ARIN for more space as
you need it.

                                -Bill