> > I have a small ISP customer who is not multi-homed, and is using > > about a /21 and a half of space, and is expanding. Their upstream > > is refusing to give them more space, so they wanted to get their > > own, and give back the space to the upstream, with the possible > > exception of a small block for their servers, which would be very > > difficult to renumber. We explained this all, and the response we > > got from ARIN was that we needed to have a full /20 from the > > upstream, at which time we could easily get a /20 of new space. In > > order to qualify for the immediate need, we would need to show > > need for the entire /20, of which we would need to fully utilize > > (renumber into) within 30 days. That is not even remotely > > possible. > > > > Or, they could easily multihome and qualify at a much smaller > threshold.
Unfortunately, this is prohibitively expensive. They are small rural telcos who are connected to a collective state-wide fiber network. Any second provider would could an order of magnitude (or more) more than what they have, and would likely be delivered over the same fiber network anyway. > > The problem with this whole thing is that I have no less than 4 > > ISPs that are in almost the same boat. > > Then propose a policy change to rectify it. Noted, and planned :-) -Randy
