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Hello all, I will be brief as possible. I need assistance with
either requesting a policy change or an appeal/exception to current
policy.<br>
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I started business in 1995 with 4 Class C's assigned from Integra (
/22 ). I am a full service IT provider offering pretty much
everything but connectivity. Over the years I have developed my
network such that I am using my IP's very efficiently. Host headers
on most web sites, internal IP's whenever possible, and of course
certain thing must be static, single IP's on a host.<br>
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I am moving in less then a year to a new office, and taking the
opportunity to get on the ATT fiber backbone rather then 4 bonded
T-1's from Integra (which is very expensive) Integra tells me I can
not take my IP's with me, and ATT tells me the largest block they
will give me is a single class C.<br>
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So I went out to Arin and setup my account and requested a /22 which
was denied because the smallest block they will give a single homed
ISP is a /20 (4096 ip's)<br>
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I feel like I am being penalized for using my IP's efficiently!! As
I see it, I only have one option: Rework my network so every site I
host uses it's own dedicated IP so that I can justify needing a
/20...in which case I feel I would be doing the internet community a
disservice. <br>
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Can anyone provided feedback on how to better resolve this? How do
I start getting the policy changed? Is there a process I can go
through to get an exemption? Would excalation my request be of any
use?<br>
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With the IP 4 space dwindling, wouldn't it be a better policy to
allow small business to get only what they need?<br>
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Best regards,<br>
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Derek Calanchini<br>
Owner<br>
Creative Network Solutions<br>
Phone: 916-852-2890<br>
Fax: 916-852-2899<br>
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"Adopt the metric system!"<br>
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