ARIN sucks? was Re: Kremen's Buddy?

Thu Sep 14 05:55:44 UTC 2006

>Richard A Steenbergen wrote:
>>Try looking at it from an outsider's point of view instead. If you're new 
>>to dealing with ARIN, it is not uncommon to find the process is 
>>absolutely baffling, frustrating, slow, expensive, and requiring 
>>intrusive disclosure just shy of an anal cavity probe.

I recently had to do the ARIN process for a customer from beginning to 
end.  Never had experience with ARIN, nor its methods or templates (only 
RIPE experience).

Took 5 weeks to get a /19 and then an additional 4 weeks to get the ASN.  YMMV.

-Hank Nussbacher
http://www.interall.co.il