> Douglas Otis writes:
> > The draft classifies Class-E as "Limited Use for Large Private Internets".
>
> What large private internets are these, really? Are we discussing Google
> potentially needing more than one /8 for its web servers, or are we
> discussing providers (DSL, Wimax, 802.11, GSM, 3G or other) giving
> customers addresses from 240/4 via DHCP or PPP?
>
> Employees using 240/4 is one thing. Your mother-in-law getting
> 247.1.76.22 from her cable modem is quite another.
>
> Arnt
Cable companies need this amount of address space for
controlling the CPE boxes. The customers still get public
addresses. That's a minimum of two addresses per customer.
Large corporations need more than a /8.
Mark
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