Negative.. I have never had to provide end user information. I have been required to provide utilization information. I am sure this "policy" is and add-on to make it more difficult to prevent hoarding..
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 10:47 AM, Jonathan Lassoff <j...@thejof.com> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 10:32 AM, <ad...@thecpaneladmin.com> wrote: > > Anyone have any tips for getting IPs from ARIN? For an end-user > allocation > > they are requesting that we provide customer names for existing > allocations, > > which is information that will take a while to obtain. They are insisting > > that this is standard process and something that everyone does when > > requesting IPs. Has anyone actually had to do this? > > Indeed. It's worked this way for a long time. > > When starting a new organization, there's a bit of a chicken and egg > problem with IP space. If anyone could get IP space just for asking > for it, it would have been consumed too quickly. So, organizations > must first get some space assigned to them from an upstream provider > and begin using it. > At some point the current usage and growth rate of the assigned space > will justify a direct allocation. > > Then, you can renumber into your new space and be totally independent. > > Cheers, > jof > > -- Best Regards, Kenneth McRae *Sr. Network Engineer* kenneth.mc...@dreamhost.com Ph: 323-375-3814 www.dreamhost.com
