[ppml] Policy Proposal 2007-6 - Abandoned

[bmanning at karoshi.com]

On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 02:56:21PM -0700, Jo Rhett wrote:
> 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.

	me:  I have spent 650,000 on HP Openview to manage my networks
	     and they code the license key to the IP address of the node.
	     ... I'd really rather not have to renumber and buy new
	     licenses.

 
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> Jo Rhett
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