Re: number of routes (was EOF Minutes)

[Peter Lothberg <]

> I note in the EOF minutes the following phrases:
> 
> >For example, we know that the networks numbers from 193.x.x.x to 194.x.x.x 
> >are dedicated to europe and on the other end the networks numbers from 
> >198.x.x.x to 199.x.x.x are dedicated to the US. So, it seems to be possible 
> >to announce these routes with only four routes, but how ?
> 
> I don't want to reduce your enthusiasm, but I would like to observe that we
> currently have over 25000 routes. Reducing 25000 to 4 is an interesting
> objective, but reducing it to e.g. 250 would already be a very good
> result.  Or even 2500, for that matter.
> Christian Huitema


Cutting the number of routes to 10.000 is still a real win, and even
more important than the actual number of routes, we have to cut down
the amount of routing updates injected into the global Internet.

Unfortenly, a lot of network operators/owners out there are not wery
helpfull, and they basically force the rest of the network to pay for
their (some nasty words here).



---Peter