past vs future use

At 10:13 PM 6/29/97 +0100, Jeff Williams wrote:
>  My question to you, is, are you speeking authoritativly?
>
>> 
>> >> The expected procedure for a new ISP is thus:
>> >>
>> >> 1. Connect to an upstream provider
>> >> 2. Obtain some PA IPs from that provider
>> >> 3. Efficiently assign those IPs to your customers OR do a bunch of
>> >>    fake SWIPs that make it look like you're efficient
>> >> 4. Repeat 2 and 3 until you have ~8192 PA IPs
>> >> 5. Trade in your PA IPs for a /19 allocation
>> >> 6. Make every customer you have renumber

What is outlined here is a LOW ROAD procedure which is used by some.  There
is software available to emulate large modem pools, e.g., complete with
response times to fake the latency time of a connection via a 14.4, 28.8,
33.6 modem.

What IT is seeking/proposing is a HIGH ROAD solution.





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