ARIN Justified...

[Mark Strother]

Stephen is right. For us the biggest issue is billing. We collect billing
data using NetFlow and export the data to our accounting and billing
software based on IP address.

It would take a lot of work/money to migrate from this system.

Mark Strother
President, Pacific Online
Phone: (604) 638-6010
Fax: (604) 638-6020
Toll Free: 1-877-503-9870

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-vwp at arin.net [mailto:owner-vwp at arin.net]On Behalf Of Stephen
> Elliott
> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 12:20 PM
> To: Virtual IP List
> Subject: RE: ARIN Justified...
>
>
> 	The big guys that you refer to are generally not in the web hosting
> business and therefore are outside of the scope of this conversation.
> The real concern is the big guys like Exodus and UUNet.  Since IPv6 is
> not a viable option for general consumption yet, we need to concentrate
> on conserving the existing IPv4 space.  As far as search engines go, if
> enough sites start using HTTP1.1 software virtual servers, they will be
> forced to upgrade their spiders to support it.  I would suggest that one
> of the main issues at hand is billing.  Billing for web hosting
> companies that is.  Most companies bundle bandwidth with their hosting
> packages, and current billing packages utilize destination IP address
> information to gather this information.  If there is not a way to get
> this information without drastic changes to both billing software and in
> some cases hardware, there will be very strong opposition to any changes
> in the way IP addresses are given out.
> -Stephen
>
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