On 4/20/05, Tom Vest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Apr 19, 2005, at 5:25 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: > > > That makes very little sense to me since the smaller providers can get > > a /22 directly from ARIN. > > Sometimes resources that are come from a regional registry are not > welcomed by a national operator. This can go for AS numbers as well as > addresses. And sometimes a national operator is the only way out.
Not welcomed as in, filtered out / these providers refuse to route them? Or do they kick up a fuss on the lines of "you should approach only me, or failing that the LIR, for IPs, don't let me catch you running to the RIR next time" srs -- Suresh Ramasubramanian ([EMAIL PROTECTED])