> -----Original Message----- > From: Frank Bulk [mailto:frnk...@iname.com] > Sent: 18 September 2011 23:14 > To: 'Charles N Wyble'; nanog@nanog.org > Subject: RE: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on > building a nationwide network > > Where I live in rural America, I would not be surprised that someone > who wanted to start an ISP might only be able to cost-justify one > upstream. When one Internet T-1 is $1,200/month, getting a second T-1 > for that price from another provider just to get an AS or PI is > definitely cost-prohibitive and may go against their business plan. > > Our own company has just one upstream provider (from geographically > diverse POPs), our state's telecom coop, and to multi-home solely to > meet ARIN's policy doesn't make sense. Fortunately we were using > enough address space to meet the /20 requirement. > > Charles, if you wrote a policy that allowed smaller ISPs to obtain a PI > without the multihoming requirement if they demonstrated that > multihoming was burdensome, I would support it at arin-ppml. > > Frank
I'll happily 'multihome' anybody over a GRE tunnel if it helps ;-) -- Leigh ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________
