Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 10:49:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Bradley Dunn <dunn@harborcom.net> To: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com> Cc: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about networks Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.961009103330.11955A-100000@ns2.harborcom.net> In-Reply-To: <199610091333.IAA16644@brasil.moneng.mei.com>
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On Wed, 9 Oct 1996, Joe Greco wrote: > > : Or for routing of a /19 CIDR block > > : they want $4000/month for it plus the charge for the IP providing. > > > > : What do you think of this ? > > > > I think that if you send me their domain, I'll filter all their traffic. > > Routing must be free to everyone, or there is no Internet and we can > > Routing, yes, delegation of address space, I want to say yes too, but it > is "hard" for an ISP to get address space, and some may pass this on to > the customer in the form of a charge. I think any plan to charge for address space has to be accompanied by charges per route. If not, what are the incentives to aggregate? For example, let's say that an organization needs a /16. Let's say there is a market for addresses, but they find it is cheaper to buy 256 /24s instead of buy one /16. What is the incentive for them to get the /16? The answer may be management considerations or internal routing efficiency, but I think that if a market for addresses becomes reality, people will expect any addresses they buy to be routable. -BD
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