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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> Anyone know if there is a precedent for reclassifying blocks of non-portable address space to portable? I didn't see anything in ARIN archives (maybe I didn't look hard enough). Bribery? Threats? Acquisition of the assignor by the assignee?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> If such a reclassification were simple, I expect that the process would be heavily abused by smaller networks that would like to avoid renumbering.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Brad</FONT>
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