Which broker did you use fot the transaction? Did you get a discount for knowingly accepting a dirty block or is this a surprise?
Are folks asking for warranties on acquired addresses these days? Cheers, -M< Best, -M< On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 12:11 Pete Baldwin <p...@tccmail.ca> wrote: > Hi All, > > Hopefully this is not taken in bad taste. Our organization > purchased some IP space last year (163.182.192.0/18 to be specific), and > it appears that this block must have been used for less-than-admirable > purposes in the past. > > We have been trying to clean up the reputation where possible, and we do > not appear to be on any blacklists, but we do appear to be blocked from > a lot of networks across the US/Canada. I am noticing a lot of name > servers blocking our requests, many web servers, gaming servers, mail etc. > > This is a transition block for us to move towards v6 everywhere, but we > have many systems that will need to rely on this block of space for some > time to come. > > We are a small rural co-op ISP in Ontario, and I am just writing this > email as an extra plea so that if you happen to run a network that has > this entire range on your naughty list, we would appreciate you giving > it another chance. I can be contacted on or off list, thanks. > > > -- > > > ----- > > Pete Baldwin > Tuckersmith Communications > (P) 519-565-2400 > (C) 519-441-7383 > >
