Let us all bend over, apply the Vaseline...

[Paul Ferguson]

At 10:00 PM 04/30/97 -0700, Bob Atkins wrote:

>
>You just made the point that I am trying to make. ARIN will serve to
>squash smaller ISPs.
>

Great -- another conspiracy theorist.

I should remind you that small organizations should go their upstream
service provider for address allocations per RFC2050. If they follow
these guidelines, then they will not need to go to ARIN for address
space and they can avoid the allocation & administrative fees. If they
decide to forego the proscribed policy, then they will have to suck
up the cost. No magic here. ARIN must sustain itself, and this is the
most practical way to do so.

- paul