On Sun, 5 May 2002, Bill Woodcock wrote:
> > What is the generally accpted timeframe for renumbering? My reading of > > ARIN policy would seem to imply at least 30 days. > > I'm not sure it's fair to say that there's an "accepted timeframe" per > se... I've seen 30 days. I've more commonly seen 90 days. I've seen 18 > months. I've also seen immediate, like happened to you, when the customer > stops paying and leaves on hostile terms. In short, you can't expect > anything from someone you're not willing to pay, and who has no future > prospect of doing business with you again. If you want a longer period to > renumber, pay them for it. Well how am I supposed to arrange a payment on a Sunday afternoon? As well I'd say I've already paid them more than enough to use their IPs - I never brought up a BGP session with them and never passed a single packet to them. I'm surprised to hear that such extortion techniques are considered acceptable. -Ralph