Allocations for "always-on" ISPs
Graham Burke graham at nsl.net
Fri Dec 8 11:18:27 CET 2000
Yeah dammit how dare you use an LIR mailing list to discuss lir issues.... What do you think you are ISPs. t'sich tsich :-) Graham On Fri, 08 Dec 2000, wrote: >Why don't you guys use the newsgroups instead of "spamming" your opinions all over busy people... > >Thnaks. >Nick > >>>> Kurt Erik Lindqvist <kurtis at kpnqwest.net> 12/07/00 17:01 PM >>> > >> It seems Kurt Erik Lindqvist wrote: >> >That ofcourse depends on what services you want to offer your >> >customers..... >> > >> >I don't see why you want to break services in order to solve assignment >> >policies? This said, I do realise that there is a assignment policy aspect >> >to this as well. >> >> You might realise that you will end up breaking promises to customers if >> the offered services collide with acceptable assignment policies. > >I do. That is why I wrote that I realise that this is a problem. But I am >seeing more and more companies offering Internet connections while in >reality what the customer is getting is more or less a Intranet >connection. > >This is a complex issue that in the end is up to what the customer has >bought. > >> We are going to run out of IPv4 space very quickly if the assignment of, >> for instance, /29's to home users becomes standard procedure at ISP's - and >> bruno's mail does indicate that this is already happening: >> >> "[...]several new ISP in Europe are starting to offer "always on" Internet >> access. > >The interesting part is ofcourse not that people are offering it. The >interesting part is how many do actually sign up? Always on Internet have >been around in Europe since the early '80:s. The price might have been >somewhat high for consumers though...:) > >As I pointed out earlier and others as well - Maybe buy starting to use >the address space for what it was intended for to provide a Internet >connection) we can get a real push to go for another addressing scheme >like IPv6 or IPv8 (just kidding). Or maybe something completly new. > > >Best regards, > >- kurtis - > >Kurt Erik Lindqvist Kurtis.Lindqvist at KPNQwest.SE >KPNQwest Sweden @ The speed of light http://www.kpnqwest.se >PO Box 23163 >S-10435 Stockholm -- Graham Burke Nic-hdl: GB10488-RIPE NSL (Internet) Ltd, 26 Forth Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3LH, UK tel + 44 (0)131 477 8215 fax + 44 (0)131 477 8223 Mob + 44(0)7818 448827 http://www.nsl.net http://www.iomart.com
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