[ppml] Policy Proposal 2007-6 - Abandoned

[Jo Rhett]

On Apr 29, 2007, at 10:51 AM, Alex wrote:
> Actually, no, not the only reason, just one reason. The main reason  
> I would
> like PI space is so that I can excercise freedom of choice among  
> upstream
> ISPs without having to renumber, and so that I will not again be in  
> danger
> of losing my livelihood when my upstream goes out of business or is  
> bought.

If you are in danger of losing your livelihood because of a forced  
renumber, then you need to determine what about your business creates  
that dependancy and fix it.

Renumbering is fairly trivial.  This whole idea that renumbering is  
painful and difficult has no basis in reality except for people who  
hardcode IP addresses into their applications, and ARIN does not have  
to accept ridiculous actions like that.

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