past vs future use

Kim,

Kim Hubbard wrote:
> 
> >
> > At 04:30 PM 6/28/97 -0400, Jon Lewis wrote:
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> > >Can an ISP justify allocations via swip by assigning 300% more space than
> > >initially needed to all of its end users?
> > >
> >
> > I'm not sure about 300%, but 800-1600% seems to work (i.e., those ISPs
> > using static ip assignment for dialup customers) `[8-((
> 
> > I don't have information on the ratio of IPs to customers for, e.g., @HOME,
> > but 24.0.0.0 seems to contain a lot of cable television firms with large
> > CIDR blocks.
> >
> > I presume prior efficient utilization of a /19 could be documented with a
> > Freedom of Information Act request along with protective orders for any
> > confidential information.
> 
> Everything that is not confidential is already available in WHOIS via
> the SWIPped information, I would assume that most ISPs would consider
> the rest of their documented data to be confidential.

  I would also assume that you are correct.  But this still doesn't
answer the
original question.  Can you PLEASE advise?  Or someone on the Board at 
ARIN advise, or the InterNic?
> 
> Kim Hubbard
> InterNIC Registry
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