[ppml] FW: Legacy /24s

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J. R. Westmoreland
Email: jr at jrw.org
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: J. R. Westmoreland [mailto:jr at jrw.org]
> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 10:33 AM
> To: 'Paul Vixie'
> Subject: RE: [ppml] Legacy /24s
> 
> That is silly. We are talking about ONE group and not MANY. The item is
> not even close to being the same.
> 
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> J. R. Westmoreland
> Email: jr at jrw.org
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ppml-bounces at arin.net [mailto:ppml-bounces at arin.net] On Behalf
> Of
> > Paul Vixie
> > Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 8:37 AM
> > To: 'ARIN Address Policy'
> > Subject: Re: [ppml] Legacy /24s
> >
> > > > I, since I fall into your category, being a very small consulting
> > > > company, would support your proposal whole heartedly.
> > > > ...
> > > > J. R.
> >
> > 192.5.5.0/24 was once held by a small consulting company.  if that
> were
> > still the case, i would not feel that that consulting company's
> ability
> > to multihome was worth a slot in every routing table on every router
> on
> > the internet, given how globally expensive that has turned out to be.
> >
> > (the block was later used for a root name server, and then, later,
> > given
> > into the control of a 501(c)(3) nonprofit who operates that server,
> and
> > for that, i think the community of router owners would say it's worth
> a
> > routing slot... i'm just saying if that hadn't happened, i'd've
> stopped
> > using the space by now, on a "think globally, act locally" basis.)
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